ENGLISH 10

LITERATURE: GREEK MYTHOLOGY WORKSHEET

NAME: ___________________________________ GRADE/SEC:_________________ SCORE:______________

ALLUSION: Read and analyse the following statement carefully. Identify the meaning of the italized word/s in the
following sentences by writing it on the space provided before the number. (Erasure means WRONG)

___________________1. In the midst of the heated conversation in which false accusations were cleared, Nena
managed to stay calm despite hearing the gruesome pandora’s box of Geneva which was hidden from her for 5 years.
___________________2. I’m in forever odyssey, for finding someone else to replace you is indeed a torment.
___________________3. Being adjudged as the school’s representative in the District Pageant gave Melissa the title
“a face that could launched a thousand ships.”
___________________4. “You’re my Achilles heel”, he pleaded to Emely. “My world will shatter without you.” Said
Marco in the loneliest voice.
___________________5. Beware for her words are a Trojan horse it may only cause you no good.

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Read and analyse the sentences given. Write T if the statement is correct, if FALSE
underline the word/s that makes the statement wrong and correct it by writing the right answer on the space provided
before the number. (Erasure means WRONG) 2pts. each

___________________6. The golden apple of discord was thrown in banquet by Ares, the goddess of mischief and
discord.
___________________7. King Agamemnon in the time of the Great War is regarded as the King of Kings.
___________________8. The idea of the Trojan horse came from the shrewd and clever king Menelaus.
___________________9. In order to gain immortality, Thetis dipped his son Achilles in one of the underworld’s river,
the River Styx.
___________________10. The arrow that landed and pierced on Achilles’ right arm is the cause of his premature
death.
___________________11. Gold coins were put in the hands of those who died as fare to the boatman of the
underworld.
___________________12. Achilles joined the war for he only wanted his mighty and glorious name to be
remembered for generations.

PAIR UP. Match the following items correctly. Encircle the answer of your choice. (Erasure means WRONG)

13. Zeus: Thunderbolt, Poseidon: _____________ (trident, sceptre, scythe, aegis)

14. Hephaestus: Blacksmith, Hermes: ____________ (cupbearer, messenger, ruler, thief)
15. Athena: Greece, Apollo:_______________ (Mycenae, Sparta, Troy, Thessaly)
16. Artemis: Moon, Apollo: ________________ (Bow and arrow, Troy, sun, lyre)

ESSAY: Answer the question briefly yet substantially. Erasures entail deduction. (7 points)

Which is more important, Intellect or Strength? Why?

GODSPEED!—ma’am A :)