Name: - Date: - Directions: Recall The Events in Ovid's Myth. Then Answer The Questions in Phrases or Sentences

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Name: ____________________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Directions: Recall the events in Ovid’s myth. Then answer the questions in phrases or sentences.

1. Both Pyramus and Thisbe kill themselves for love. They view this action as strong or brave. Suppose you were
with them that night. Could you help them change their minds?
Underline a word or phrase in parentheses, and then complete the sentence.
I think I (could/could not) have changed their minds because...
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2. Underline the best words. Then complete the sentence.
a. Thisbe leaves for the tomb (before/after) Pyramus.
b. Pyramus arrives at the tomb (before/after) Thisbe.
If Pyramus and Thisbe had left for the tomb at the same time, then…
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3. The myth explains why…
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4. One supernatural event that occurs in this myth is…
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5. One theme of this myth is that…
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6. Present a lesson or moral of the myth.
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7. Do you think this theme is still relevant today? Underline your answer in parentheses, and then complete the
sentence. I think this theme (is/is not) relevant today because…
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