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Echo and Narcisuss

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What character trait best describes Echo?

a)

Quiet

b)

Caring

c)

Talkative

d)

Selfless

2.
Why can Echo only repeat the things people say to her.
a)
She is too lazy to think of anything to say herself.
b)

Juno (Hera) cursed her so she couldn't mindlessly talk anymore.

c)
She doesn't know how to talk she can only repeat things that people say. 
d)
She is too shy to say anything herself so she repeats things from other people.
3.

What character trait best describes Narcissus?

a)

Loving

b)

narcissistic

c)

A hero

d)

helpful

4.

What happened to Echo at the end of the story?

a)

She fell in the water after Narcissus

b)

Her physical form faded away and only her voice remained

c)

She yelled at her Mom

d)

She fell in love and married Narcissus

5.

What is Echo's biggest problem at the beginning of the myth?

a)

She is invisible.

b)

She talks too much.

c)

She is too beautiful.

d)

She falls in love to easily.

6.

Which sentences (Choose two) explain why Narcissus rejects Echo?

a)

Narcissus is capable of only loving himself.

b)

Echo is too greedy and pushy.

c)

Narcissus thinks she is ugly and clumsy.

d)

Echo annoys him by repeating his words.

7.

Narcissus spends his remaining days ....

a)

Feeling sorry for rejecting Echo.

b)

Picking flowers in the valley

c)

Playing jokes on the nymphs

d)

Growing weaker as he looks at his own reflection.

8.

After his death, Narcissus turns into a

a)

Pool of water

b)

Flower

c)

Mountain

d)

Voice

9.

What did Hera do when she found out the trick Echo played on her?

a)

She didn't feed her any more

b)

She made her ugly

c)

She cursed her so that she could only repeat what others say

d)

She turned her into a flower

10.

What natural elements are explained in this myth?

a)

the Narcissus flower and echoes

b)

sunrises and sunsets

c)

the creation of spiders

d)

lakes and rivers

11.

What type of figurative language is in the line, "her heart burned like the flame of a torch."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

12.

What causes the goddess to punish Narcissus?

a)

He hunts in the forbidden northern mountains,

b)

He mistreats Echo.

c)

He falls in love with his own reflection.

d)

He wanders away from his friends.

13.

Both Echo and Narcissus die

a)

In the flood

b)

Because of Hera's jealousy

c)

in each other's arms

d)

Because of a love they could not have

14.

What kind of being is Echo?

a)

An elf

b)

A wood nymph

c)

A mermaid

d)

A hobbit

15.

Echo could only repeat his words, and in an attempt to find the voice, WHO did Narcissus see in the water AND then fall in love with?

a)

Echo

b)

Himself

c)

Artemis

d)

The Seer

16.

What happened to Echo?

a)

She soon died from a broken heart.

b)

The gods also made her into a flower and placed her next to Narcissus.

c)

Zeus felt sorry for her and brought her to Mt. Olympus for the rest of her life.

d)

She went to live in a cave until all that was left was her voice.

17.

How did Echo give the other nymphs an opportunity to hide when Juno (Hera) arrived?

a)

She began feeding Juno (Hera).

b)

She hid the nymphs herself.

c)

She began chattering at Juno (Hera).

d)

She started to sing a song.

18.

What was Narcissus famous for?

a)

His intelligence

b)

His looks

c)

His sportiness

d)

His artistic skills