Daedalus and Icarus

Read the sentence from paragraph 1.

Went around with his head in the clouds and his feet never quite touching the ground.

How does the meaning of the figurative language impact the passage?

• A by characterizing Daedalus as creative but impractical and foreshadowing his decision to take flight despite the danger

• B by describing Daedalus’s childhood dream to fly in the air and providing his motivation for becoming an inventor

• C by highlighting that Daedalus is happy where he lives and explaining his inner conflict over having to leave

• D by comparing Daedalus’s love of freedom to that of a bird and introducing his issue with designing the

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Read the sentences from paragraph 2.

Take the time he carried his mama’s hair dryer outside, sat on the side of the road, and pointed it at all the chariots passing by. Told everybody it was a prototype for radar.

How does the narrator’s point of view in the sentences create humor?

• A The narrator implies that Daedalus is too young to understand driving laws, but the reader knows Daedalus uses radar to accuse people of breaking the rules.

• B The narrator references hair dryers and radar, but the reader knows these types of modern technology could not have existed in an ancient setting.

• C The narrator describes Daedalus as unintelligent for believing he has invented a prototype for radar, but the reader knows Daedalus is a clever inventor.

• D The narrator suggests that it is okay to steal the hair dryer and pretend it has radar technology, but the reader knows respect is important.

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Which quotation from paragraph 5 provides context for the meaning of the word seclusion as it is used in the paragraph?

• A “…like a snake.”

• B “…prison without guards.”

• C “…knew the secret…”

• D “…ushered inside…”

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Read the sentences from paragraph 7.

Well, who else? Daedalus! He was the one who had designed the so-called escape-proof labyrinth. Let him suffer for the king’s misfortunes!

How do the sentences propel the action of the plot?

• A They demonstrate that Daedalus has lied and foreshadow the failure of his wings.

• B They emphasize Daedalus’s negative history with the king and his motivation for ruining the labyrinth.

• C They stress the importance of Daedalus’s role at the palace and characterize him as humble.

• D They highlight that the king has turned against Daedalus and has become an antagonist.

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Look at the painting by artist Marten Ryckaert.

How does the artist’s representation of the fall of Icarus depart from the passage?

• A It emphasizes the sun’s impact on the stability of Icarus’s wings.

• B It represents Icarus as only falling from a short distance above the water.

• C It includes the perspective of a bystander on the ground watching Icarus fall.

• D It illustrates the effect that Icarus’s escape and death has on the royal family.

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