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Check your knowledge! Take our fun quiz for the intermediate Daedalus Section of the Myth Chapter of our textbook! Follow the instructions and then click on the "Check it!" button for each question.

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1. Daedalus was known throughout the land as a great __________. (Check the correct answer.)
painter
sculptor
artist
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2. One day Daedalus made the king mad and was locked away in a high tower with his son __________. (Check the correct answer.)
Icarus
Zeus
Apollo
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3. Daedalus, the master inventor formed a plan to __________. (Check the correct answer.)
flee
escape
die
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4. Daedalus used wax from candles to construct a pair of wings. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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5. Daedalus warned his son not to fly to low because the dampness of the sea would clog his wings and not to fly to high because the heat from the sun would melt them. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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6. Icarus became overjoyed and forgot his father's warnings. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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7. Icarus flew to close to the __________ and plunged into the sea. (Check the correct answer.)
ground
sun
sea
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