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Myths, Fables, and Legends
Myths, Fables, and Legends
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The tale is about a grasshopper who sings and plays all summer while the ant works.
Legend
None
Fable
Myth
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What does this myth explain?
The feud between Zeus and Hades
Why the earth has seasons
Why we have storms
The origins of the underworld
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Who did the Grasshopper make fun of for working all day?
Other Grasshoppers
Bee
The Queen
Ant
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Did the Ant give the Grasshopper some food?
Maybe
Yes
None
No
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What are the consequences of eating something in the underworld?
If you eat there, you can never leave the underworld.
You go blind, but gain wisdom.
You turn into a pomegranate tree.
You get amnesia, but become really happy.
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Fable has ...
Talking Animals, Teaches a Lesson, &Usually Short
God & Goddesses, Teaches a Lesson, & Usually Short
Explain rainbows & seasons & others explain how world began.
Has a real event or person’s life story with exaggeration
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In the beginning of the story the ant was
resting
working
playing
singing
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How does Demeter react when she finds out what has happened to Persephone?
She and Artemis storm the underworld
none
She vows not to let anything grow on earth
She throws a bridal shower for her daughter.
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Who is Hades?
The dog that guards Mount Olympus
The lord of the underworld and the god of the dead
The king of the gods
The god of agriculture
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Which character in the story played all day?
Ant
Queen
Grasshopper
Bee
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How does Hades trick Persephone into coming back to the underworld?
Gets her to eat some pomegranate seeds
He gives her a box of jewels
He has his dog Cerberus give her his best sad puppy-dog face
He tells her that the dead people miss her so much
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Which story does this moral come from? "Slow and steady wins the race".
Three little pigs
The Hares and the Frog
Grasshopper and the ants
The Hare and the Tortoise
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What is the moral of the story.
Its better to take food from others.
None
Plan for the future
Play hard
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A legend has...
God & Goddesses, Teaches a Lesson, & Usually Short
has a real event or person’s life story with exaggeration
Talking Animals, Teaches a Lesson, &Usually Short
Explain rainbows & seasons & others explain how world began
15
Why was the Ant storing food for?
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
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How does Demeter figure out what has happened to her daughter?
Her BFF, Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, tells her
She asks Helios because he sees everything from the sky
Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, tells her
Zeus spills the beans
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How does Zeus try to save the world from a famine and starvation?
He makes Psyche the new goddess of the harvest
Sends Hermes to underworld to say Hades to let Persephone go
He sends ambrosia and nectar to the mortals
He asks Dionysus to throw a big party for the mortals
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What Demeter (Ceres) the goddess of?
Agriculture
None
Winter
Summer
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A fable always ends with a _____, or a valuable life lesson.
Folktale
Moral
Theory
Myth
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Characteristically, fables are always _____.
poetic and full of imagery
short and to the point
funny and clever
long and wordy
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Myth has ...
none
Talking Animals, Teaches a Lesson, &Usually Short
Combines person’s unusual life story with exaggeration
God & Goddesses, Teaches a Lesson
