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Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute."
On the third day all the youths and maidens of the city were brought together in the market place, so that lots might be cast for those who were to be taken. Then two vessels of brass were brought and set before King Aegeus and the herald who had come from Crete. Into one vessel they placed as many balls as there were noble youths in the city, and into the other as many as there were maidens; and all the balls were white save only seven in each vessel, and those were black as ebony.
Then every maiden, without looking, reached her hand into one of the vessels and drew forth a ball, and those who took the black balls were borne away to the black ship, which lay in waiting by the shore. The young men also drew lots in like manner, but when six black balls had been drawn Theseus came quickly forward and said:
"Hold! Let no more balls be drawn. I will be the seventh youth to pay this tribute. Now let us go aboard the black ship and be off."
What effect does the author create with the sequence of events in this passage?
The author builds events slowly to create tension.
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In part one of "Cruel Tribute," how do King Aegeus's actions affect the advancement of the plot?
He causes the birth of a hero in Troezen.
Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute."
"Now then," said Minos, "you shall hear my decree. Athens has robbed me of my dearest treasure, a treasure that can never be restored to me; so, in return, I require from Athens, as tribute, that possession which is the dearest and most precious to her people; and it shall be destroyed cruelly as my son was destroyed."
"The condition is hard," said the elders, "but it is just. What is the tribute which you require?"
"Has the king a son?" asked Minos.
The face of King Aegeus lost all its color and he trembled as he thought of a little child then with its mother at Troezen, on the other side of the Saronic Sea. But the elders knew nothing about that child, and they answered:
"Alas, no! he has no son; but he has fifty nephews who are eating up his substance and longing for the time to come when one of them shall be king; and, as we have said, it was they who slew the young prince, Androgeos."
By placing this passage at the beginning of the story, the author builds suspense for the arrival of
Theseus
To explore the _______ or effect of mythical literature on contemporary literature, a reader should identify key characters, settings, and plots.
influence
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Which line from "Cruel Tribute" best supports the idea that the elders help to advance the plot?
"It is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed," they said.
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.
Which line from the summary best justifies the conclusion that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was influenced by Ancient Greek mythological literature?
To help save the day, Harry must get past a scary three-headed guard dog.
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
"The Tribute"
Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute."
On the third day all the youths and maidens of the city were brought together in the market place, so that lots might be cast for those who were to be taken. Then two vessels of brass were brought and set before King Aegeus and the herald who had come from Crete. Into one vessel they placed as many balls as there were noble youths in the city, and into the other as many as there were maidens; and all the balls were white save only seven in each vessel, and those were black as ebony.
Then every maiden, without looking, reached her hand into one of the vessels and drew forth a ball, and those who took the black balls were borne away to the black ship, which lay in waiting by the shore. The young men also drew lots in like manner, but when six black balls had been drawn Theseus came quickly forward and said:
"Hold! Let no more balls be drawn. I will be the seventh youth to pay this tribute. Now let us go aboard the black ship and be off."
What effect does the author create with the sequence of events in this passage?
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