Daedalus and Icarus (2)

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8 questions
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What words in paragraph 1, help you figure out the meaning of the word labyrinth?

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What was Icarus’s greatest mistake?

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Which word best describes Icarus?

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Ariadne, unwilling to see the man she loved sacrificed to the maze and the Minotaur, went to Daedalus and begged him to tell her the secret of the labyrinth.
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Which of the following words uses the prefix un- the same way as in the word unwilling?

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Which word in this myth has a root word that means “using great care”?

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Look at the chart. It shows a cause-and-effect relationship -

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THESEUS LEFT A TRAIL OF THREAD - ___________________________________________________
(cause) (effect)

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What belongs in the space marked cause?

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In paragraph 8, Icarus can bes be described as -

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Which sentence would NOT belong in a summary for this myth?