Grade 10

Quiz

I. VOCABULARY WORDS FROM THE STORY “THE GORGON’S HEAD”

Direction: Matching type. Match the column A to the column B. Write your answer before the
number.

__________1.tusks a. to fling, so stir up

__________2.perilous b. to cause to sleep or rest
__________3.set off c. agony, painful situation
__________4.maiden d. appreciates, see
__________5.bobbing e. to slip away
__________6.dawn f.room, closet
__________7.lulled g.unmarried girl
__________8.tossed h. revenge, get even with
__________9.adrift i. box, casket
__________10.avenge j. elongated enlarged tooth
__________11.chest k. without motive power, free from support
__________12.chamber l. full of or involving, dangerous, unsafe
__________13.beheld m. to move up and down
__________14.evade n. to begin grow light
__________15.distress o. to set apart, move, run

II. Identify the following.write your answer before each number.

__________16. A greek god of commerce and theft who serves as messenger of gods.
__________17.A mortal Gorgon who is slain when decapitated by Perseus.
__________18.The greek Goddess of wisdom.
_________ 19.”No sons shall be born to you” who said these words to King Acrisius?
__________20. A princess of Argos visited by Zeus in the form of shower of gold.
__________21. He is a fisherman who rescued the chest bobbing on the waves.
__________22. An Ethiopian princess rescued from a monster by Perseus.
__________23. One of the games in Greece that hurled for distance as a track-and-field.
__________24. The creatures that have one eye and shared with one another.
__________25. The writer of the story “The Gorgon’s Head”.

III. Rearrange the letters in bold to form the correct word for each item below.

26. To escape or avoid (verb) eveda______________

27. Dangerous (adjectives erpisulo_____________
28. Poisonous (adjective) vsmuoneo___________
29. Ashamed (verb) aeadhbs___________
30. Brave (adjectives) vorlsaou___________

IV. List three perilous encounters that Perseus experienced during his adventure.
(5 points)