Flight of Icarus Vocabulary Quiz 2 Practice

The Minotaur was trapped inside the (a)   , a maze built by Daedalus.

• burden

• labyrinth

• regime

• prowess

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Daedalus showed his (a)   when he invented wings to escape Crete.

• ingenious

• indifferent

• hindered

• poised

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The king placed Daedalus and Icarus inside a tall (a)   to keep them from leaving.

• tower

• burden

• firebrand

• available

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Icarus felt (a)   when he soared through the sky, free from imprisonment.

• exaltation

• indifference

• hinder

• regime

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Daedalus warned Icarus to fly at a (a)   height so the sun would not melt the wax.

• moderate

• frantically

• pelt

• regime

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The guards tried to (a)   Daedalus’s escape, but they were too late.

• hinder

• cater

• poised

• available

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The king’s (a)   over Crete forced Daedalus to serve against his will.

• regime

• prowess

• anxiety

• burden

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Icarus’s arms moved (a)   as he fell into the sea.

• frantically

• ingenious

• customary

• poised

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

For Daedalus, Icarus’s death was an unbearable (a)   he carried forever.

• burden

• exaltation

• hinder

• firebrand

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The people were (a)   by the sight of the boy flying high like a god.

• bewitched

• customary

• indispensable

• poised

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4