The Flight of Icarus - Selection Test

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Which statement is a theme of the myth?

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People should obey their elders.

Front

How does the setting impact the plot of the myth?

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Daedalus sees the air as a means of escape.

Front

Daedalus was an ingenious artist and was not discouraged by his failures. This sentence explains that Daedalus is a —

Back

smart person who persists

Front

Reread the last sentence of paragraph 3: Icarus played about on the beach happily while his father worked, chasing the feathers that blew away in the strong wind that swept the island and sometimes taking bits of the wax and working it into strange shapes with his fingers. This description of Icarus shows that —

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he likes to play

Front

The purpose of the comparison of Icarus to a lovely bird is to describe Icarus’s —

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joy when he flies

Front

What does anxiety mean in paragraph 8?

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Consuming fear

Front

Which quote from paragraph 7 of the myth shows that Icarus flew too high?

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... the sun became so hot that the largest feathers dropped off ...

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Exaltation (in paragraph 9)

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Delight

Front

Which theme or message is emphasized by the setting of this myth?

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People can learn from nature.

Front

The image and use of feathers in the selection contribute to themes about freedom by:

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Symbolizing the ability to escape and pursue one's own path, as shown in the myth.