Read the summary of the contemporary novel Jurassic Park.A wealthy businessman uses modern DNA technology to bring dinosaurs back from extinction. He breeds many varieties of dinosaurs and plans to open a theme park where visitors can see them. However, the dinosaurs soon escape their pens and wreak havoc across the park, resulting in death and destruction.
In part one of "Cruel Tribute,” how do King Aegeus’s actions affect the advancement of the plot?
In the plot of "Cruel Tribute,” which events are a result of King Minos’s actions? Select 3 options.Athens agrees to pay the tribute.Young people participate in a lottery.Theseus uses the silken thread.Theseus fights the Minotaur.Aegeus drowns in the Aegean Sea.Theseus becomes king.
In "Cruel Tribute,” which character’s actions most advance the development of the plot?
Based solely on their titles, which contemporary novel most likely contains a mythological element that is also found in "Cruel Tribute?”
The contemporary novel The Hunger Games features a lottery where children are selected to fight to the death in combat.The section of "Cruel Tribute” that best features a similar mythological element is
Read the excerpt from a summary of the contemporary novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.To help save the day, Harry must get past a scary three-headed guard dog. In order to do this, he gets help from his friends Hermione and Ron. They all have become close friends during the course of the school year. After they solve this challenge, they move on to the next part of their plan.
Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute.”"He is coming!" cried Theseus, and he ran forward to meet the beast. The seven maidens shrieked, but tried to stand up bravely and face their fate; and the six young men stood together with firm-set teeth and clinched fists, ready to fight to the last.
Which line from "Cruel Tribute” best supports the idea that the elders help to advance the plot?
Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute.”Years passed by. Every spring when the roses began to bloom seven youths and seven maidens were put on board of a black-sailed ship and sent to Crete to pay the tribute which King Minos required. In every house in Athens there was sorrow and dread, and the people lifted up their hands to Athena on the hilltop and cried out, "How long, O Queen of the Air, how long shall this thing be?"In the meanwhile the little child at Troezen on the other side of the sea had grown to be a man. His name, Theseus, was in everybody's mouth, for he had done great deeds of daring; and at last he had come to Athens to find his father, King Aegeus, who had never heard whether he was alive or dead; and when the youth had made himself known, the king had welcomed him to his home and all the people were glad because so noble a prince had come to dwell among them and, in time, to rule over their city.
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