Echo and Narcissus Quiz

Why does Hera curse Echo?

• She falls in love with Zeus

• She distracts Hera so Zeus can escape

• She insults Hera’s beauty

• She tries to steal Hera’s crown

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What is Echo’s curse?

• She loses her sight

• She turns into stone

• She can only repeat the words of others

• She forgets how to speak entirely

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Who is Echo in the story?

• A goddess of beauty

• A nymph who loves to talk

• A mortal girl from Athens

• A servant of Hera

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How does Narcissus treat people who admire him?

• He is friendly and grateful

• He ignores or rejects them harshly

• He challenges them to competitions

• He gives them gifts

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How does Echo react when she first meets Narcissus?

• She insults him

• She hides in the trees

• She falls in love and tries to speak to him

• She runs away

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What does Aphrodite decide to do after seeing Narcissus’s pride?

• She blesses him with beauty

• She curses him to fall in love with his own reflection

• She turns him into a flower immediately

• She sends Echo away forever

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Where does Narcissus go after rejecting Echo?

• To a palace to become king

• To a mountain temple

• To a clear, still pool

• To the underworld

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Who or what does Narcissus think he sees in the water?

• Echo hiding nearby

• A stranger

• His own reflection

• A god in disguise

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Why doesn’t Narcissus realize it’s himself in the reflection?

• He is too enchanted by the image

• The water distorts the image

• He is under a spell from Hera

• He has poor eyesight

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What happens to Narcissus at the end of the story?

• He marries Echo

• He wastes away, staring at himself, and turns into a flower

• He leaves the pool and becomes a hero

• He is rescued by the gods

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