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Epic Review

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12 questions
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Hero Journey, Epic Conventions, and the Trojan War
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Select the characters below who are GREEK GODS & GODDESSES. (There is more than one correct answer.)

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Select the characters which were on the TROJAN side of the war. (There is more than one correct answer.)

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Select the characters which were on the GREEK side of the war. (There is more than one correct answer.)

10

Identify the causes and effects of the Trojan War.

  • The Greeks wanted control of the trade route to the Black Sea.
  • All of the Trojans warriors, except Aeneas, are killed.
  • Paris kidnaps Helen.
  • The city of Troy is destroyed.
  • Achilles angers the gods.
  • The Oath of Tyndareus
  • Odysseus is lost at sea for 10 years.
  • Causes of the Trojan War
  • Effects of the Trojan War
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10

Identify the steps and sections of the Hero's Journey by placing each step in its appropriate section.

  • The Road of Trials
  • The Call to Adventure
  • The Refusal of the Return
  • Meeting with the Goddess
  • Master of Two Worlds
  • Magic Flight
  • The Belly of the Whale
  • Atonement with the Father
  • Apotheosis
  • Freedom to Live
  • The Refusal of the Call
  • The Departure
  • The Initiation
  • The Return
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Draw a quick diagram of the Hero's Journey.

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Draw a quick diagram of the Belly of the Whale step of the Hero's Journey

10

Match each event from the Trojan war with the appropriate step of the Hero's Journey. Some categories will have more than one correct answer.

  • Menelaus evokes the Oath of Tyndareus after Helen is kidnapped.
  • The Greeks and Trojans fight in various battles.
  • The Greeks devise the trick of the Trojan Horse.
  • The Greeks win the war by destroying the city of Troy, setting it on fire.
  • Achilles hides at the Court of Skyros.
  • Odysseus plows his fields with salt, attempting to act crazy.
  • Odysseus is lost at sea for 10 years trying to get home to Ithaca.
  • Menelaus and Helen take 7 years to get to Sparta.
  • Achilles is killed.
  • The Call to Adventure
  • Refusal of the Call
  • The Road of Trials
  • The Ultimate Boon
  • The Return
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Match each person with the appropriate type of hero.

  • Batman
  • a firefighter
  • Wonder Woman
  • Albert Einstein
  • Achilles
  • a policeman
  • a lifeguard
  • Superman
  • Hercules
  • George Washington
  • Situation Hero
  • Epic Hero
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What are the characteristics or conventions of an epic? Select all that apply.

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