Extra Question and Answers:-
1.
Where did Arachne live? (Arachne lived in Lydia
in Greece.)
2.
How does Arachne look like? (Arachne was a young
girl with long and dark hair.)
3.
How did she weave beautiful pictures on her
clothes? (She worked with flax, wool, silk and wove beautiful pictures on her
cloth.)
4.
What is the town Lydia famous for? (The town
Lydia was quite known for the magnificent textiles.)
5.
How does everyone praise Arachne’s work?
(Everybody said that the clothes made by her seemed like the rays of the sun
and threads of gold.)
6.
Who became arrogant ? (Arachne became arrogant.)
7.
Why did Arachne become arrogant? (Arachne became
arrogant because every one praised the beautiful cloth she wove.)
8.
“Who taught you how to spin and weave so well?
Was it Athena, the Goddess of wisdom and craft?” – who said to whom? (A
passer-by said to Arachne.)
9.
Who decided to give a chance to Arachne to
realize her mistake?(Goddess Athena.)
10.
How does Athena disguised herself? (Athena
disguised herself as an old woman.)
11.
Who was the judge of the contest? (Zeus was the
judge of the contest)
12.
Who was ashamed and started weeping? (Arachne)
13.
Why did Arachne start crying? (because she lost
the contest and according to the condition she cannot touch the loom or spindle
again.)
14.
Who felt sorry for Arachne? (Goddess Athena)
15.
How did Arachne continue to spin and weave
without the spindle or loom? (Athena changed Arachne into spider, then she
started to spin a web.)
16.
Where did the word ‘Arachnids’ derived from? (
Greek name Arachne that means spider.)
Fill in the
Blanks:
1)
Athena was the Goddess of wisdom and crafts.
2)
Athena disguised herself as an old woman
and went to meet Arachne .
3)
As people praised her day and night she became a
little arrogant.
4)
Arachne was ready to have a spinning
contest with Goddess Athena .
5)
Who will lose the contest will not touch the loom
and spindle .
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