WorksheetsKing Midas Selection Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
In the opening of the selection from “King Midas,” why have the palace clocks stopped?
There are no servants to take care of them.
Midas has smashed them in frustration.
No one has remembered to wind them.
Midas has transformed them into gold.
In the selection from “King Midas,” why is Midas upset about his dog and cat?
They are always fighting.
They no longer feel loyal to him.
They are dead because he touched them.
They bring in too little money when he sells them
In the selection from “King Midas,” why does Midas tell the Princess and Queen to keep away from him?
He prefers to be with his gold instead of with his family.
He wants to make sure they do not turn into gold.
He does not want them to share in his riches.
He does not want them to see his riches.
At the end of his speech in the selection from “King Midas,” what does Midas ask the god Dionysus to do?
make him a poor person
make him a kinder person
protect him from enemies
rid him of the golden touch
Which words best describe the attitude or feelings that the Queen expresses in the selection from “King Midas”? Choose two options.
amused
patriotic
unhappy
sarcastic
hopeful
Which of these people typically wears a suit of mail?
a pastry chef
a business tycoon
a medieval knight
a champion swimmer
What would an obdurate person be most likely to do?
give generously to charity
leave many tasks unfinished
change his or her mind often
fail to adapt to new circumstances
Where would ore most likely be found?
in a baby carriage
in a newsroom
in a rowboat
in a mine
As expressed in the selection from “King Midas,” how does Midas feel about all his wealth?
He is very proud of it.
He takes it for granted.
He has come to hate it.
He prefers it to poverty.
In “The Princess’s Song” section of the selection from “King Midas,” with which of these things is the Princess most clearly pleased?
her mother’s attitude toward her father
her father’s ability to generate wealth
songs played by the god Apollo
aspects of the world of nature
Which of these major ideas is most clearly conveyed by the three speakers in the selection from “King Midas”?
Leaders should have their nations’ best interests at heart.
Children may not have the same goals as their parents.
The pursuit of wealth can lead to unhappiness.
Beauty does not endure forever.
What sort of stanza is the following, which appears in the selection from “King Midas”?
I praise the bird, the river, and the tree.
If I were deaf or dumb, I could not see
Imagination is the heart of me.
a couplet
a tercet
a quatrain
a sestet
In the selection from “King Midas,” “The King’s Speech” consists of eight-line stanzas. Which of the following terms identifies a stanza of that length?
tercet
quatrain
sestet
octave
Which of these pairs of end rhymes in the selection from “King Midas” is an example of slant rhyme?
sold / gold
by / I
mourn / born
gone / then
What is the rhyme scheme of these four lines from “King Midas”?
Princess, come no closer; my rigid kiss,
Though it is royal still, will make you this
Or that kind of a statue. And my Queen,
Be armed against this gold paralysis….
abba
aaba
abab
aabb
