6th grade unit 3.2 test review

What is the tone of the first stanza of Icarus and Daedalus?

• The stanza offers a hopeful tone.

• The stanza is moody, foreshadowing their fate.

• The stanza is perplexing, making readers question what their idea is and why they’re doing it.

• The stanza is joyous, celebrating Daedalus’ genius idea.

This is the moral or lesson of a story. Example: Love conquers all.

What action causes the townspeople to mock Daedalus?

• He is rude to the king.

• He tries to build a way to fly.

• He acts like he's smarter than they are.

• He plummets from the sky.

Which theme is developed in Daedalus and Icarus?

• Criticism can prevent tragedy.

• Some goals can’t be achieved, even when you try your hardest.

• Follow your dreams, even when no one else believes in you.

• It’s important to not set your goals too high out of reach.

Which theme does this quote support?

But then an “Oh!” from all the horde,

As Daedalus and Icarus upward soared,

And thus achieved man’s primal flight,

Away from Crete and out of sight.

• Aim high for your dreams.

• It's OK to have a simple life.

• Both

Which theme does this quote support?

He found comfort in the calluses

that adorned like pearls his palms,

and in his muscles, tired and throbbing,

but none in any vagary of flight:

• Aim high for your dreams.

• It's OK to have a simple life.

• Both

Part A: Contrast how the authors of Passage 1 and Passage 2 approach the topic of aiming for seemingly out of reach goals?.

• Icarus is bitter and embarrassed in passage one but unashamed of his goals in passage 2.

• Icarus lacks support from his father in passage one but doesn’t try to get help from his family in passage two.

• Icarus gives up on his dream of being a farmer in passage one but follows through with it in passage two.

• Icarus is successful in following his dreams in passage one but suffers consequences in passage two.

Part B: Select the two best pieces of textual evidence that support each author’s approach. (R.3.3)

• Daedalus watched the birds on high,

  And wished that he could also fly; (Daedalus and Icarus, lines 1-2)

• As Daedalus and Icarus upward soared,

  And thus achieved man’s primal flight, (Daedalus and Icarus, lines 42-43)

• I am weary, Lord. No blight of locusts

  or early morning frost this autumn.' (The Fall of Icarus, lines 15-16)

• A foolish boy, now in the water,

  dead or drowning. (The Fall of Icarus, lines 23-24)

What is a theme of Prometheus?

• Humanity has been doomed to fail from the start.

• Sometimes it's worth disobeying authority to make progress.

• You should always listen to those who have power.

• It's never too late to correct a wrong.

Zeus decides to have Prometheus tortured. What causes this development in the plot?

• Prometheus mocks Zeus for being a bad leader.

• Prometheus purposefully harms the humans.

• Prometheus goes against Zeus to give fire to the humans.

• Prometheus refuses to help the humans make progress.