Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Greek Mythology Unit
We will be starting a unit on Greek mythology next week. Those of you who are finished with your techSteps project will be starting on the vocabulary readings this week in computer lab. Go to the Greek vocabulary page and complete the readings for group A and group B. You need to click on each of the vocabulary links and read the information in order to complete group A and group B worksheets.
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Practice with Words from Classical Mythology
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Name Brittany Dotson
Directions: Write in the answers as you go along, two questions per word.
1. Hercules completed twelve labors. Which one required
A. The greatest strength? When he fought the lion, because he couldn’t use any weapons.
B. The most courage? When he fought the Mares of Diomedes they could have eaten his flesh.
C. The most cleverness? When he had to capture the Golden Stag, because he couldn’t kill it he had to capture it alive.
2. Complete the analogy: HERCULEAN: WEAK: Left : Right
A. hot : warm
B. spotted : striped
C. musical : rhythmical
D. left: right
3. When Bacchus offered him a gift, King Midas asked to turn things into
Gold just by touching them.
4. Midas's choice was foolish and disastrous. Today if someone has “the Midas Touch,”
We call them foolish.
A. foolish
B. generous
C. successful
D. cowardly
5. According to the ancient Greeks, Nemesis was the personification of
Righteous Anger
6. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Prince Harry is the nemesis of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
B. Mother Theresa was the nemesis of poor people.
C. Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, was the nemesis of his
Crewmates, "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins.
D. Adolph Hitler was the nemesis of Jewish people.
D is correct
7. What was the only good quality in the original Pandora's Box?
Hope was the only good thing in Pandora’s Box.
8. Pandora's name means "all gifts," but she is famous for bringing all the
troubles into the world. The name for that contradiction is ________.
A. irony
B. suspense
C. personification
D. simile
A is correct
9. Why might the oracle have been correct in describing Cupid as "a winged monster who was even stronger than the gods"?
The oracle was correct because, Cupid has wings and he is more powerful than all the gods and goddesses because he makes them fall in love with mortals.
10. A person's psyche includes all of the following except which one?
A. mind
B. soul
C. self-esteem
D. body
D is correct
Name Brittany Dotson
ReplyDeleteDirections: Write in the answers as you go along, two questions per word.
1. Hercules completed twelve labors. Which one required
A. The greatest strength? When he fought the lion, because he couldn’t use any weapons.
B. The most courage? When he fought the Mares of Diomedes they could have eaten his flesh.
C. The most cleverness? When he had to capture the Golden Stag, because he couldn’t kill it he had to capture it alive.
2. Complete the analogy: HERCULEAN: WEAK: Left : Right
A. hot : warm
B. spotted : striped
C. musical : rhythmical
D. left: right
3. When Bacchus offered him a gift, King Midas asked to turn things into
Gold just by touching them.
4. Midas's choice was foolish and disastrous. Today if someone has “the Midas Touch,”
We call them foolish.
A. foolish
B. generous
C. successful
D. cowardly
5. According to the ancient Greeks, Nemesis was the personification of
Righteous Anger
6. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Prince Harry is the nemesis of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
B. Mother Theresa was the nemesis of poor people.
C. Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, was the nemesis of his
Crewmates, "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins.
D. Adolph Hitler was the nemesis of Jewish people.
D is correct
7. What was the only good quality in the original Pandora's Box?
Hope was the only good thing in Pandora’s Box.
8. Pandora's name means "all gifts," but she is famous for bringing all the
troubles into the world. The name for that contradiction is ________.
A. irony
B. suspense
C. personification
D. simile
A is correct
9. Why might the oracle have been correct in describing Cupid as "a winged monster who was even stronger than the gods"?
The oracle was correct because, Cupid has wings and he is more powerful than all the gods and goddesses because he makes them fall in love with mortals.
10. A person's psyche includes all of the following except which one?
A. mind
B. soul
C. self-esteem
D. body
D is correct