UNIT 5 UNIT 5 PRACTICE TESTPRACTICE TEST

Write the letter of the answer YOU think is Write the letter of the answer YOU think is correct on your marker board and hold it up in correct on your marker board and hold it up in front of you.front of you.Keep a tally down at the bottom of your board of Keep a tally down at the bottom of your board of how many you get wrong.how many you get wrong.

1. Which of the following sentences 1. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a pronoun?does NOT contain a pronoun?

A. The great Greek and Latin poets A. The great Greek and Latin poets created myths.created myths.

B. Homer was the first Greek poet who B. Homer was the first Greek poet who created the myths.created the myths.

C. His stories were retold or invented by C. His stories were retold or invented by the Latin poet Ovid.the Latin poet Ovid.

D. He put these myths into a collection D. He put these myths into a collection called called MetamorphosesMetamorphoses..

Read the following sentences then answer questions 2 and 3.Read the following sentences then answer questions 2 and 3.Ovid probably influenced Western literature than any other ancient writer. Writers like Chaucer and Shakespeare show traces of him in their work.

2. Which of the following is the 2. Which of the following is the antecedent of the pronoun antecedent of the pronoun himhim??

A. OvidA. Ovid B. WritersB. Writers C. ChaucerC. Chaucer D. ShakespeareD. Shakespeare

Read the following sentences then answer questions 2 and 3Read the following sentences then answer questions 2 and 3..Ovid probably influenced Western literature than any other ancient writer. Writers like Chaucer and Shakespeare show traces of him in their work.

3. Which of the following is the 3. Which of the following is the antecedent of the pronoun antecedent of the pronoun theirtheir??

A. OvidA. Ovid B. WritersB. Writers C. ChaucerC. Chaucer D. ShakespeareD. Shakespeare

4. Which of the following sentences is 4. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. Me love to read about mythology.A. Me love to read about mythology. B. The stories of the gods is fascinating B. The stories of the gods is fascinating

to I.to I. C. Me and my sister enjoy writing our C. Me and my sister enjoy writing our

own myths.own myths. D. My sister said she is ready to write D. My sister said she is ready to write

more.more.

5. Which of the following sentences is 5. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. The Titans were the first gods of us A. The Titans were the first gods of us universe.universe.

B. The Titan Cronus was dethroned by B. The Titan Cronus was dethroned by their son, Zeus.their son, Zeus.

C. Zeus became the ruler of all the gods C. Zeus became the ruler of all the gods and ruled from his throne on Mount and ruled from his throne on Mount Olympus. Olympus.

D. The Titans were punished or forced D. The Titans were punished or forced into exile by Zeus and her brothers.into exile by Zeus and her brothers.

6. Which of the following sentences is 6. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. Zeus and his brothers, Poseidon and A. Zeus and his brothers, Poseidon and Hades, are the three major gods.Hades, are the three major gods.

B. Zeus’ sisters and some of her children B. Zeus’ sisters and some of her children make up the other important gods.make up the other important gods.

C. There are many minor gods, and C. There are many minor gods, and many stories have been told about him.many stories have been told about him.

D. Her stories also included many other D. Her stories also included many other characters and regular people.characters and regular people.

7. Which of the following sentences is 7. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. I enjoys reading myths like “The A. I enjoys reading myths like “The Golden Touch.”Golden Touch.”

B. It are about a greedy man named King B. It are about a greedy man named King Midas.Midas.

C. Dionysus grants him a wish, and he C. Dionysus grants him a wish, and he wishes to be able to turn things to gold wishes to be able to turn things to gold with one touch. with one touch.

D. In the end, he ask for the gift to be D. In the end, he ask for the gift to be taken back.taken back.

8. Which of the following sentences is 8. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. “The Weaving Contest” is another A. “The Weaving Contest” is another Greek myth I likes.Greek myth I likes.

B. It is about a peasant who could weave B. It is about a peasant who could weave better than the goddess of weaving better than the goddess of weaving herself.herself.

C. She challenge the goddess Athena to C. She challenge the goddess Athena to a weaving contest.a weaving contest.

D. Athena loses, so she turn the peasant D. Athena loses, so she turn the peasant Arachne into the first spider.Arachne into the first spider.

9. Which of the following sentences is 9. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?written correctly?

A. They’re many words in our language A. They’re many words in our language that are derived from Greek.that are derived from Greek.

B. Its surprising to learn that cereal B. Its surprising to learn that cereal comes from Ceres, the goddess of grain.comes from Ceres, the goddess of grain.

C. Your also smart if you knew morphine C. Your also smart if you knew morphine comes from Morpheus, god of dreams.comes from Morpheus, god of dreams.

D. Who’s ever been called a narcissist? D. Who’s ever been called a narcissist? That comes from Narcissus, who fell in That comes from Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection. love with his own reflection.

10. Which of the following sentences 10. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?is written correctly?

A. Your parents probably never told you A. Your parents probably never told you where the name Olympics comes from.where the name Olympics comes from.

B. It comes from Mount Olympus. Its the B. It comes from Mount Olympus. Its the home of the major gods and goddesses.home of the major gods and goddesses.

C. Who’s parents told them why we call C. Who’s parents told them why we call rainbow-like displays of colors iridescent?rainbow-like displays of colors iridescent?

D. Their called that because of the D. Their called that because of the goddess Iris, the goddess of the rainbow.goddess Iris, the goddess of the rainbow.

11. Which of the following sentences 11. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an indefinite does NOT contain an indefinite pronoun?pronoun?

A. Everyone loves to read stories.A. Everyone loves to read stories. B. My teacher made me write my own B. My teacher made me write my own

myth one time.myth one time. C. I didn’t tell anyone, but I really enjoyed C. I didn’t tell anyone, but I really enjoyed

writing it.writing it. D. Each of us had to tell a creation story.D. Each of us had to tell a creation story.

12. Which of the following sentences 12. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?is written correctly?

A. Many tells how something came to be.A. Many tells how something came to be. B. One were about why cats purr.B. One were about why cats purr. C. None tell why cats were made.C. None tell why cats were made. D. Someone write about how the turtle D. Someone write about how the turtle

got its shell. got its shell.

13. Which of the following sentences 13. Which of the following sentences uses a demonstrative pronoun?uses a demonstrative pronoun?

A. This Greek myth uses a story of the A. This Greek myth uses a story of the gods to explain the seasons.gods to explain the seasons.

B. Hades kidnapped Demeter’s daughter B. Hades kidnapped Demeter’s daughter and wanted to marry her.and wanted to marry her.

C. Because Demeter was the goddess of C. Because Demeter was the goddess of grain, nothing in the land grew until this grain, nothing in the land grew until this daughter returned to her.daughter returned to her.

D. That was the beginning of winter.D. That was the beginning of winter.

14. Which of the following sentences uses a 14. Which of the following sentences uses a demonstrative pronoun?demonstrative pronoun?

A. Hades wanted to keep Persephone, A. Hades wanted to keep Persephone, Demeter’s daughter, with him in the Demeter’s daughter, with him in the underworld.underworld.

B. Persephone wanted to leave that place, so B. Persephone wanted to leave that place, so Hades finally agreed.Hades finally agreed.

C. However, he made her eat a pomegranate C. However, he made her eat a pomegranate before she left.before she left.

D. This meant that she had to return every six D. This meant that she had to return every six months to live in the underworld with Hades, months to live in the underworld with Hades, and that causes the change in the seasons.and that causes the change in the seasons.

15. Which of the following sentences uses a 15. Which of the following sentences uses a reflexive pronoun correctly?reflexive pronoun correctly?

A. The Greeks even have a myth about a A. The Greeks even have a myth about a nymph named Echo, which explains the sound nymph named Echo, which explains the sound of the echo.of the echo.

B. Echo angered Hera, Zeus’ wife, and so Hera B. Echo angered Hera, Zeus’ wife, and so Hera cursed Echo to only repeat the last lines of cursed Echo to only repeat the last lines of what she themself hears.what she themself hears.

C. Echo falls in love with a boy named C. Echo falls in love with a boy named Narcissus, who was only in love with himself.Narcissus, who was only in love with himself.

D. After Narcissus felt hisself dying, Echo D. After Narcissus felt hisself dying, Echo faded away from grief until only her voice was faded away from grief until only her voice was left.left.

16. Which of the following sentences 16. Which of the following sentences uses an interrogative pronoun uses an interrogative pronoun INCORRECTLY?INCORRECTLY?

A. Who has heard of the Cyclops who A. Who has heard of the Cyclops who tends a flock of sheep?tends a flock of sheep?

B. Do you know whom killed the B. Do you know whom killed the Minotaur?Minotaur?

C. What C. What Harry PotterHarry Potter book had the book had the basilisk in it?basilisk in it?

D. Which creature would you rather ride, D. Which creature would you rather ride, a Hippogriff or a Pegasus?a Hippogriff or a Pegasus?

17. Which of the following sentences 17. Which of the following sentences uses an interrogative pronoun uses an interrogative pronoun INCORRECTLY?INCORRECTLY?

A. Whose son was it that becomes A. Whose son was it that becomes Cupid?Cupid?

B. Who was the Greek god of the sea?B. Who was the Greek god of the sea? C. Do you know to who Perseus gives C. Do you know to who Perseus gives

the shield?the shield? D. Whom do you ask for when you need D. Whom do you ask for when you need

to send a message?to send a message?

18. Which of the following sentences 18. Which of the following sentences uses a relative pronoun correctly?uses a relative pronoun correctly?

A. Athene is the goddess who turns A. Athene is the goddess who turns Medusa’s hair into snakes.Medusa’s hair into snakes.

B. A Hippocampus is a huge creature B. A Hippocampus is a huge creature which pulls the chariot of Poseidon.which pulls the chariot of Poseidon.

C. Daedalus is the man whom created C. Daedalus is the man whom created Minos’s labyrinth.Minos’s labyrinth.

D. Centaurs are famous mythological D. Centaurs are famous mythological creatures, that are half-human and half-creatures, that are half-human and half-horse.horse.

19. Which of the following sentences 19. Which of the following sentences uses a relative pronoun correctly?uses a relative pronoun correctly?

A. Satyrs are woodland creatures whom A. Satyrs are woodland creatures whom are human down to the waist.are human down to the waist.

B. It looks much different from their B. It looks much different from their bottom half, that is made up of hairy legs bottom half, that is made up of hairy legs and hooves.and hooves.

C. The god who they follow is called Pan; C. The god who they follow is called Pan; he plays pipes.he plays pipes.

D. Satyrs are gentile creatures that are D. Satyrs are gentile creatures that are also called fauns.also called fauns.

20. Which of the following sentences 20. Which of the following sentences uses a relative pronoun uses a relative pronoun INCORRECTLY?INCORRECTLY?

A. Whoever heard of the hero Hercules?A. Whoever heard of the hero Hercules? B. Hercules is the half-mortal son of Zeus B. Hercules is the half-mortal son of Zeus

whom killed many monsters.whom killed many monsters. C. Alcyoneus was a Gigante whom C. Alcyoneus was a Gigante whom

Hercules killed.Hercules killed. D. Hercules impressed whomever he met D. Hercules impressed whomever he met

with his tales of heroism. with his tales of heroism.