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The Midas Touch And The Minotaur: 5 Minute Review
Test Description: Answer the questions based on the Midas touch. These same questions will be on the reading quiz at the end of the week.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who fits this description? Hairy legs, long tail, horns on his head
A
Dionysus
B
Silenus
C
Midas
D
Maenads
2) What brings Silenus to the house of King Midas?
A
He doesn't go to Midas' house
B
He is too drunk to stand and Midas takes care of him
C
He is invited
D
He breaks his goat leg
3) Who found Silenus?
A
Silenus found himself
B
Princess Zoe
C
Dionysus (god of wine)
D
King Midas
4) What is the meaning of vile?
A
quite warm
B
extremely unpleasant
C
irresistibly attractive
D
horribly coarse
5) What was Dionysus' reaction when he found out what the King did for Silenus?
A
Happy
B
Angry
C
He never found out
D
Sad
6) What did King Midas wish for?
A
That he would live forever
B
That he would become a god
C
That he would turn anything he touched to gold
D
That he would be the wisest of all
7) What was the first item that Midas turned to gold?
A
Apple
B
Stone
C
Rose
D
His daughter
8) Who or what did Midas turn to gold that made him change his mind about his wish?
A
Princess Zoe
B
His dog
C
Himself
D
Silenus
9) How did Midas get his curse lifted?
A
By washing himself in the spring of of the river
B
By melting down his daughter and giving the gold to the poor
C
By giving the statue of his daughter to Dionysus
D
He does not. He is tortured until his death
10) What is the moral of the story?
A
Don't invite Silenus over to your house
B
Don't hug your children
C
Money is not the source of happiness
D
Money will always make you happy
11) King Minos was the ruler of what island?
A
Athens
B
Argos
C
Crete
D
Hawaii
12) Who was the architect who designed the maze for the Minotaur?
A
Icarus
B
Daedelus
C
Minos
D
Theseus
13) Minotaur was half man and half _______.
A
Goat
B
Horse
C
Dog
D
Bull
14) What is another meaning for Labyrinth?
A
Tall Tower
B
Straight Path
C
Hole in the ground
D
Extensive Maze
15) What does Theseus receive that helps him escape the maze?
A
A maze
B
A winged horse
C
A ball of yarn
D
Nothing
16) Who was Ariadne the daughter of?
A
Minos
B
Theseus
C
Aegeus
D
Midas
17) Did Theseus kill the Minotaur?
A
No
B
Yes
18) Where did Theseus abandon Ariadne?
A
Naxos
B
Crete
C
The Labyrinth
D
Athens
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