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- 1. Multiple Choice
"King Minos wanted Daedalus to build him a palace, with soaring towers and a high, curving roof. In the cellars there was to be a maze of many corridors..."
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Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
- 2. Multiple Choice
"When a bird came for the seed, Daedalus begged it to spare him one feather. Then each night, when everyone else had gone to bed, Daedalus worked by candlelight on his greatest invention of all."
Exposition
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- 3. Multiple Choice
"'I regret,' said King Minos. 'I cannot let you leave Crete, Daedalus. You are the only man who knows the secret of the maze..."
Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
- 4. Multiple Choice
"He gave a cry as his father nudged him off the windowsill. He plunged downward. With a crack, the feathers behind him filled with wind, and Icarus found himself flying."
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
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- 5. Multiple Choice
"Daedalus melted down a candle and daubed his son's shoulders with sticky wax. 'Yes, I know it's hot, but it will cool soon.'"
Inciting Incident
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Climax
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Resolution
- 6. Multiple Choice
"His own father could only watch as Icarus hurtled head first into the glittering sea and sank deep down among the sharks and eels and squid. And all that was left of proud Icarus was a litter of waxy feathers floating on the sea."
Climax
Falling Action
Inciting Incident
Resolution
- 7. Multiple Choice
"I'm the first boy ever to fly! I'm making history! I shall be famous! thought Icarus, as he flew up and up, higher and higher."
Inciting Incident
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
- 8. Multiple Choice
"The island of Crete was ruled by King Minos, whose reputation for wickedness had spread to every shore. One day he summoned to his country a famous inventor named Daedalus."
Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do the wings symbolize?
freedom
happiness
destruction
death
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did Icarus keep flying higher and higher?
He didn't know how to come down.
He was caught on a warm current of air.
He was determined to outfly the sun.
He wanted to find the end of the sky.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of conflict is the central conflict of the myth?
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Self
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