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Exploring Lit Unit 2 part 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Myths are simiar to fables because they both:

a)

Started as oral traditions

b)

Usually use animals as the main characters

c)

Both always include a life lesson

d)

Usually have flat characters

2.

Myths are different than fables because they:

a)

Have characters that are well-described and grow in the story

b)

Almost always have humans as the main heroes

c)

Are part of a culture's religion

d)

Have characters with spuer natural or super human powers

3.

_______ explain what people don't understand about the natural world.

a)

Flat characters

b)

Fables

c)

Heroes

d)

Myths

4.

In myths, the hero of the story is:

a)

The leading character

b)

The one who wins battles

c)

The one with the hardest to pronounce name

d)

The tallest

5.

A MYTH is:

a)

A lie

b)

A figure of speech

c)

A story often part of a culture's religion

d)

The series of events in a story

6.

A _______ is a figue of speech that uses LIKE or AS to compare two things.

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Plot

d)

Simile

7.

The _______ is a specific type of literature or music.

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Genre

d)

Myth

8.

Which of t hese is an example of a simile?

a)

Gary slithered away.

b)

Gary moved like a snake.

c)

Gary was a snake

d)

The snake ate Gary.

9.

Which of these stories are Greek myths?

a)

Loki and the Master Builder

b)

The Beginning and the End of the World

c)

Prometheus

d)

The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman

10.

FILL IN THE BLANK:

Unlike the animal characters in fables, the characters in (a)   are usually gods, goddesses, and heroes.

11.

Myths were a form of early (a)   in which people tried to explain what they saw around them. (see page 33)

12.

TRUE or FALSE:

People believed that the myths they studied were true.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

TRUE or FALSE:

People believed the fables they heard were true.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

To go on living

a)

Lavished

b)

Survive

c)

Chariot

d)

Mere

15.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

Given a great deal of

a)

Lavished

b)

Survive

c)

Chariot

d)

Mere

16.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

A two-wheeled cart

a)

Lavished

b)

Survive

c)

Chariot

d)

Mere

17.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

nothing more than

a)

Lavished

b)

Survive

c)

Chariot

d)

Mere

18.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

put out

a)

Extinguished

b)

Eternity

c)

Immortal

d)

Lobes

19.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

forever

a)

Extinguished

b)

Eternity

c)

Immortal

d)

Lobes

20.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

living forever

a)

Extinguished

b)

Eternity

c)

Immortal

d)

Lobes

21.

Choose the word that this definition belongs to:

rounded parts that stick out or down

a)

Extinguished

b)

Eternity

c)

Immortal

d)

Lobes

22.

FILL IN THE BLANK:

_______ means thinking or planning ahead

a)

Immortal

b)

Chariot

c)

Forethought

d)

Hindsight

23.

Prometheus brought humans the gift of ______.

a)

Cattle

b)

Goats

c)

Rain

d)

Fire

24.

Prometheus's twin was named: (page 38)

a)

Herbert

b)

Zeus

c)

Epimetheus

d)

Hera

25.

Zeus sent Hercules to free Prometheus after: (page 39)

a)

1 day

b)

2 years

c)

30,000 years

d)

3,000 years