The Flight of Icarus Myth and Traditional Literature

What is Daedalus?

• A blacksmith.
• A god. 
• An artist. 
• A fish. 

Who helped Daedalus escape from the tower? 

• King Minos.
• Nobody, he escaped by himself. 
• Icarus. 
• Theseus. 

What city was Daedalus traveling to holding Icarus?

• Rome. 
• Athens. 
• Sicily. 
• Romania.

What god did Daedalus build the temple to? 

• Zeus. 
• Hades. 
• Athena. 
• Apollo. 

What was offered to Apollo? 

• His wings and a few colorful ones he found where Icarus had fallen. 
• Golden sandals.
• A vine of grapes. 
• Gold and money. 

Do you think things would have turned out better for Icarus if he would have listened to his father? 

• Yes. 
• No. 

What was the meaning/ moral of the story?

• Listen to your elders. 
• Never fly to close to the sun. 
• Don't fly with DIY wings. 
• Know how to fly without wings, 

What is Icarus's father's name? 

• Theseus. 
• Daedalus. 
• Minos. 
• Apollo.  

What were the two things Icarus's father told him to do? 

• Don't fly too low or too high and stay close to me.  
• Have fun and fly high. 
• Don't fly to the mystical mountain and play with the dragon. 
• Stay on the ground and think about life. 

What was softening the wax on Icarus's wings? 

• The sun's heat. 
• The wind. 
• The ocean water. 
• The clouds.