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WorksheetsDaedalus & Icarus
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Daedalus and Icarus are kept as prisoners in King Minos's
Garden
Ship
Palace
Who is Icarus?
a servant of Daedalus
King Minos's father
The son of Daedalus
How did King Minos prevent Daedalus and Icarus from leaving at night?
They put big dogs inside their room who were trained to bark if they tried to leave.
They were chained to the floor in the dungeon before they went to sleep.
Their room was locked at night with a guard who stood outside the door.
Why does the sight of the birds comfort Daedalus?
He likes to think about their freedom and dream of what that might be like.
He knows how to communicate with the birds so someday they will help open the palace.
He thinks they would make a great pet for his son.
How does Daedalus get the idea for his escape?
When Icarus tell him that he has a magic potion to break free from all the locks.
When Icarus tells him about the girl with the long hair who escaped a palace by braiding her hair.
When Icarus tells him that the only possible way to escape an island is to fly
What instructions does Daedalus give Icarus before Icarus flies away?
He tells him to believe in himself
He tells him not to get too close to the sun.
He tells him to watch out for shooting stars and meteorites.
What causes Icarus's wings to fall off?
His father did not attach them to him tightly enough.
A bird realizes the feathers belong to it's mother, and it pecks at the wings until they fall.
The wax melts from the heat of the sun.
What happens to Icarus at the end of the story?
He was hurtled head first into the sea with sharks, eels, and squid.
He plunged to his death.
Both A and C
Neither A nor C
Why is Icarus more content with being a prisoner than Daedalus is?
Icarus enjoys playing in the maze.
Icarus doesn't know how enjoyable freedom is.
Icarus thinks he'll be a king one day.
What first caused Icarus to decide to fly higher?
His father told him to fly as high as he could.
He wanted to outfly the sun
The seagulls pecked at him and he wanted to get away
Even though living in the palace was comfortable, Daedalus was unhappy. Another word for comfortable is?
lonely
pleasant
lively
Daedalus liked to study the birds' brilliant colors and the clever overlapping of their feathers. overlapping means?
flying down instead of up
drinking from a puddle
covering part of something
Icarus plunged down, his two fists full of feathers. To plunge means to?
dive or fall suddenly
swim or glide slowly
sprint very quickly
Daedalus watched as Icarus hurtled head first into the glittering sea. In this sentence hurtling means to?
skip over something
tumble about playfully
move at a great speed
Icarus copied the birds' shrill cry and taunted them with, "You can't catch me!" Taunted means
joined
teased
chased
