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Why does Athena become angry at Arachne
QUIZ- ARACHNE
Part I. Directions: Read the selection above and answer
the questions that follows.
1. Why do you think Athena shared her knowledge to
humans?
2. How did Arachne arouse Athena's anger?
3. Why was Athena so upset when she saw
Arachne's tapestry?
4. What Greek city is named in Athena's honor?
5. Do you think Athena had a right to be upset with
Arachne?
Part II. Directions: Choose the letter that best answers
the question or completes the statement.
6. One of the reasons that “Arachne” is
considered a myth is that it includes
a. gods and what they do.
b. a contest between rivals.
c. the sudden appearance of a marvel.
d. a conflict between characters.
7. Many people who came to watch Arachne
wondered if the goddess Athene had taught
her to weave. Arachne’s reaction to this
wonderment suggests that she feels
a. angry
b. confident
c. surprised
d. worried
8. When Athene and Arachne compete in a
weaving contest, it is part of the story’s
a. climax
b. rising action
c. falling action
d. exposition
9. Why was Athene angry at the progress she
saw on Arachne’s loom?
a. The images were an insult to the god.
b. It was evident that Arachne was beating
Athene in the competition.
c. She did not realize Arachne was so
skilled.
d. The colors used were Athene’s least
favorite colors.
10. Which sentence from the story is the
climax?
a. “…they remembered the contest with
Athene and thought it was not right for
even the best of men to claim equality
with the gods.”
b. “At these words, the old woman threw
down her staff and stood erect.”
c. “Never before had Arachne been
matched against anyone whose skill was
equal, or even equal to her own.”
d. “ ‘Live on, wicked girl…Live on and spin,
both you and your descendents.’”
11. Why does Athena disguise herself as an old
woman?
a. to take Arachne by surprise
b. to get respect from Arachne
c. to show Arachne she was better
d. to make Arachne feel sorry for her
at the beginning of the story?
a. Arachne does not like Athena’s weaving.
b. Athena does not
like the way
Arachne brags.
c. Athena does not
like humans who
weave well.
d. Athena does not
like the challenge
Arachne has given
her.
13. Which line from the
“Arachne the Spider”
shows Athena won the
contest fairly?
a. Her colors were so
bright and amazing
that they seemed like
livingthings.
b. Even Zeus himself
said, “This girl’s
weaving may be the
most splendid thing I’ve ever seen.”
c. She wove in glowing yellow sunbeams and
snowy white clouds.
d. Her cloth was so beautiful that everyone who
looked at it was filled with wonder and
delight and forgot all about Arachne’s work.
14. Her colors were so bright and amazing that
they seemed like living things. Even Zeus
himself said, “This girl’s weaving may be
the most splendid thing I’ve ever
seen.”Which word BEST matches the meaning of
splendid as used in the second sentence?
a. excellent
b. interesting
c. pretty
d. unusual
15. At the end of this Greek myth, why did
Athena turn Arachne into a spider
a. Athena did it, because Arachne wove a
prettier tapestry than she did.
b. Athena did it, because Arachne was boastful
and insulted the gods by the way she
portrayed them in her tapestry.
c. Athena did it to defend herself from this
dangerous girl.
d. Athena turned Arachne into a spider just to be
mean.
Part III. Directions. Answer the following questions
briefly.
16. What was the subject of Athena's weaving?
17. Into what shape did the goddess transform
Arachne?
18. Describe Arachne's personality in your own words.
What do you think was the greatest fault in her
character?
19. Why was the form of Arachne's metamorphosis
appropriate to her lfe and personality?
20. What human skills do you think are so marvelous
that they seem to be "gifts of the Gods"?
Part IV. Directions.
Antonyms are words that have opposite or
nearly opposite meanings. Early and late
antonyms. The words below in capitals are from
"Arachne". Choose the word that is most nearly
the opposite of each word in capitals.
21. HUMBLE: a modest b. proud c. lowly d.
funny
22. ERECT: a. straight b. firm c. hunched d. build
23. OBSTINACY: a. frustration b. agreeableness c.
rejection d. defiance
24. VARIED: a. many-colored b. plain c. rare d. bright
25. SLENDER: a heavy b. narrow c. slick d. coarse
Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart;
do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your
heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your
heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart