Ulysses and The Sirens

How many Sirens are in the painting?

• 3

• 7

• 6

• 12

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do the sailors have wrapped around their heads and ears?

• wax

• bird feathers

• colorful scarves

• headbands

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

One sailor is covering his ears with his hands.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

All of the Sirens are focused on Ulysses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Consider the position of the people and Sirens in the painting. Who seems to be the focal of the painting?

• the flying Sirens

• Ulysses

• the sailors

• the Siren on the deck of the ship

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the subject being represented in the painting? (RL.3.7)

• the main adventure from The Odyssey

• the dramatization of Ulysses' dangerous voyage

• the interaction between Ulysses and the Sirens

• the revenge of the Sirens

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How does Ulysses (the speaker) feel about the Sirens (the subject) in the excerpt from The Odyssey?

• Ulysses wants to follow the Sirens to his doom

• Ulysses believes the Sirens to be a dangerous temptation

• Ulysses thinks the Sirens will help him against Posiedon

• Ulysses hopes the Sirens can lead him back to Ithaca

Answer explanation

In the excerpt, the speaker describes the Sirens as, "sweet deluders" whose powerful song is "dangerous sound" that leads men into peril. For this reason he ordered his men to put wax in their ears to block the death cries, "Then every ear I barr'd against the strain, And from access of frenzy lock'd the brain."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An author's or speaker's ___________ is their beliefs or feelings regarding the _______ they are representing.

• assumption; topic

• bias; subgroup

• perspective; subject

• purpose; argument

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

An author's or speaker's perspective is their beliefs or feelings regarding the subject they are representing. In literature, this is often revealed through ________ and the ________ of the character(s).

• dialogue; thoughts

• beliefs; feelings

• tone; mood

• setting; point of view

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

How does the author emphasize the perspective that the Sirens are both alluring and dangerous in the poem?

Select THREE quotes below that BEST support this perspective.

• "In flowery meads the sportive Sirens play, Touch the soft lyre, and tine the vocal lay; Me, me alone, with fetters firmly bound, the gods allow to hear the dangerous sound."

• "Now every sail we furl, each oar we ply; Lash'd by the stroke, the frothy waters fly."

• "Thus the sweet charmers warbled o'er the main; My soul takes wing to meet the heavenly strain; I give the sign, and struggle to be free;"

• "Our swift approach the Siren choir decries; Celestial music warbles from their tongue, And thus the sweet deluders tune the song:.."

• "Sunk we were at once the winds; the air above, And waves below, at once forgot to move;"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9