Daedalus and Icarus

Have you ever (metaphorically) flown too close to the sun? Gotten too cocky or carried away and had negative consequences?

• Yes

• No

The Minotaur:

• a ferocious creature that was half man and half bull that loved to eat berries.

• a ferocious creature that was half man and half bull that loved to eat birds.

• a ferocious mythological creature that was half man and half bull who loved to eat human flesh.

A labyrinth is...

• a corn maze full of haunted creatures.

• a maze of passages that would be so complex that it would be virtually impossible for anyone (or anything) to ever find a way out.

• a maze of passages that King Minos used as a game when he got bored.

King Minos described the labyrinth as...

• "the perfect punishment for his enemies".

• "a delightful way to spend some time".

If I worked with King Minos, I would agree with his decision to build a labyrinth for enemies to be trapped and eaten by the Minotaur.

• Yes

• No

Daedalus is described as...

• "a talented driver of chariots".

• "a talented artist".

• "a talented carpenter and mechanic".

• "a talented architect, inventor and craftsman".

"Deciding he had no further use for Daedalus, the king..."

• fired him.

• threw him into the labyrinth along with his son Icarus.

• banished him.

Daedalus and Icarus were able to escape their imprisonment in the labyrinth because...

• Daedalus had built the labyrinth and knew his way around.

• The Minotaur wasn't clever enough to find them.

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Daedalus got the idea of constructing wings from...

• watching owls flying overhead

• watching eagles flying overhead

• watching seagulls flying overhead

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Icarus wasn't paying attention to his father's warning because he was_____________.