WorksheetsEcho and Narcissus
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the Oreades?
a)
Nymphs of the hills
b)
Gods of Mount Olympus
c)
Fairies of the forest
d)
Nymphs of the river
2.
Why was Hera angry with Echo?
a)
Echo angered Zeus
b)
Echo talked too much
c)
Echo stole from Hera
d)
Echo disobeyed the gods
3.
Who did Echo fall in love with?
a)
Zeus
b)
Narcissus
c)
Hera
d)
Aphrodite
4.
What did Narcissus love the most?
a)
Himself
b)
The nymphs
c)
The mountains
d)
The rivers
5.
What happened to Echo when she tried to embrace Narcissus?
a)
Narcissus embraced her back
b)
Narcissus pushed her away
c)
Echo disappeared
d)
Echo turned into a flower
6.
How did Narcissus feel when he saw his reflection in the pool?
a)
Enchanted
b)
Confused
c)
Angry
d)
Disgusted
7.
What did Narcissus think the reflection in the pool was?
a)
A beautiful water nymph
b)
His own reflection
c)
The face of Aphrodite
d)
The face of Echo
8.
How did Narcissus die?
a)
His heart broke
b)
He drowned in the pool
c)
He was killed by Hera
d)
He fell off a mountain
9.
What grew from the earth after Narcissus died?
a)
A river
b)
A tree
c)
A flower
d)
A mountain
10.
What is personification?
a)
When a character has a normal name
b)
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
c)
a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.
d)
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
11.
The main message of this myth warns against:
a)
the inability to see the needs of others
b)
not considering the views of other people
c)
becoming greatly obsessed with something
d)
being disrespectful of others less fortunate
12.
The author’s text structure serves the myth’s purpose by:
a)
describing events in the story and the order in which they occur
b)
introducing a problem and slowly revealing that problem’s solution
c)
describing the cause of an event and following that with its effects
d)
comparing and contrasting the characters’ personalities and motives
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