WorksheetsENG 10 Week 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
___is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
Legend
Myth
Tale
Epic
Daedalus and Icarus lived in___
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Egypt
Daedalus was a great ___
Teacher
Physician
Doctor
Inventor
Icarus got easily distracted, but Daedalus was very ___
Disciplined
Serious
Funny
Joyful
Who was Icarus to Daedalus?
His son
His brother
His nephew
His king
What lesson might this myth teach you for your own life?
f you disobey others you will melt your wings.
Listen to others' warnings about danger.
Do not fly too close to the sun.
If you disobey others you will melt your wings.
Icarus copied the birds' shrill cry and taunted them with, "you can't catch me!" Taunted means ___
Joined
Chased
Teased
Joked
Even though living in the palace was comfortable, Daedalus was unhappy. Another word for unhappy is?
Cheerful
Lonely
Pleasant
Ecstatic
Who among the following is a Gorgon?
Zeus
Perseus
Medusa
Athene
To get rid of Perseus, Polydectes sent him to a _______ adventure.
Tragic
Exciting
Dangerous
Boring
She has snaky hair and metal-scaled skin.
Gorgon
Polydectes
Medusa
Danae
What happens if you look at a Gorgon?
You will be filled with a desire to "hold hands"
You will be turned into stone
You will go blind
You will be driven crazy
Why is Andromeda being sacrificed?
She defied Zeus
Her mother claimed to be more beautiful than the sea nymphs
Her father refused to sacrifice to Poseidon
It is what the kingdom does every 7 years
Read this sentence from paragraph 16.
Forgive me, great goddess, how shall I know which is Medusa?
The language in this sentence highlights the speaker’s —
Love for the person he is speaking to
Mistrust of the person he is asking
Fear toward the person he is addressing
Respect for the person he is talking to
She is the author of "The Gorgon's Head" from Ancient Greece.
Anne Terry Whane
Anne Terry White
Anne Terry Whiet
Anne Terry Whann
