This is the reason Daedalus made wings for himself and his son.
What is to escape from the island of Crete?
100
This is why Icarus flew higher and higher into the sky.
What is he was bewitched by a sense of freedom?
100
This is what a theme and a thesis are.
What is a life lesson and a main idea?
100
This is the number of nouns and pronouns in the following sentence: "The minions were so happy that they finally found the Language Arts classroom of their dreams!"
What is four (minions, they, classroom, and dreams)?
200
This is why Daedalus had misgivings when he was watching Icarus fly.
What is Icarus was a bold and reckless son?
200
This is the actual name of the character from Mario Smash Brothers that Ms. Simmons-Rosen used to depict Icarus on the "Theme" worksheet.
What is Pit?
200
This is the true or false answer to the statement: A myth is not a myth without a theme.
What is true!
200
These are the adjectives in the following sentence: "The minions were so happy that they finally found the Language Arts classroom of their dreams!"
What is Language Arts?
300
This is what Daedalus first saw that made him realize his son was dead?
What is feathers falling from the sky?
300
This is what would happen if Icarus flew to high or too low and why?
What is if he flies too low, the fog and spray will clog his wings, and if he flies too high, the sun will melt the wax that holds his wings together?
300
This is a quality that a mythical character has.
What is magical or unusual abilities?
300
This is the form (it's or its) that correctly completes the following sentence: "Do you know if ________ time for the bell to ring?"
What is it's?
400
This is the name of the King that imprisoned Daedalus and his son.
Who is King Minos?
400
These are the occupations of the people below who saw Icarus fly, thinking he was a god.
What are plowman and shepherds?
400
This is the definition of "supernatural" which describes a myth's events.
What is events that cannot happen in real life?
400
This is the form (their, there, or they're) that correctly fills the blank in the following sentence: "_________ not to be trusted."
What is they're?
500
This is the name of the creature for whom Daedalus created a magic ball of yarn so that the creature could be killed.
What is a minotaur?
500
This is the name of the land where Icarus was buried - his father named it after him.
What is Icaria?
500
These are three questions you must ask about a myth in order to determine the theme of the myth.
What are: "What do the characters want?"; "What do the characters do to reach that goal?"; and "How well did they succeed and why?"
500
What part of speech is the word "but" in the following sentence: "I couldn't go, but Rosie could."