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Icarus and Daedalus Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: excessive pride or self confidence

a)

Hubris

b)

Architect

c)

Vast

d)

Laybrinth

e)

Skewered

2.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Person who designs and makes plans for buildings

a)

Glinting

b)

Architect

c)

Vast

d)

Laybrinth

e)

Skewered

3.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Enormous, Immense

a)

Glinting

b)

Dazzling

c)

Vast

d)

Laybrinth

e)

Skewered

4.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: a complicated network of winding passages; a maze

a)

Glinting

b)

Dazzling

c)

Desperation

d)

Laybrinth

e)

Skewered

5.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Harshly criticized; slaughtered

a)

Glinting

b)

Dazzling

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Skewered

6.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Sparkling, shining

a)

Glinting

b)

Dazzling

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

7.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Shining intensely

a)

Anguish

b)

Dazzling

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

8.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: a state of despair, typically one that results in rash or extreme behavior

a)

Anguish

b)

Resounding

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

9.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: heedless (or not thinking about) potential problems or risks

a)

Anguish

b)

Resounding

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

10.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: to separate from a larger mass; disengage or remove

(physically or emotionally)

a)

Anguish

b)

Resounding

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

11.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: severe mental or physical pain or suffering

a)

Anguish

b)

Resounding

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

12.

Directions: Please match the following definition with the correct term

Definition: Echoing or reverberation, a lingering sound

a)

Anguish

b)

Resounding

c)

Desperation

d)

Incautious

e)

Detach

13.

Which of the following characters built the labyrinth?

a)

Daedalus

b)

Icarus

c)

Zeus

d)

La Llorona

e)

King Crete

14.

What creature lived inside the labyrinth?

a)

Daedalus

b)

Icarus

c)

The Minotaur

d)

La Llorona

e)

King Crete

15.

What advice did Daedalus give to Icarus?

a)

Manifest good things

b)

live, laugh, love

c)

not to fly too low or too high

d)

not to be disobedient

e)

Not to take risks