Column B
draconiangargantuanlilliputianmercurialnarcissismphoenixproteanquixoticFor questions 441–448, in Column A you will find brief descriptions
of the stories or mythological characters that are the source of the
vocabulary words in Column B. Draw a line to match each vocabulary
word to its source. (If you do not own this book, please write your
answers on a separate piece of paper.)
Column A
441.From Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels,
when Gulliver travels to the land inhab-
ited by people only six inches tall.
442.After the god in Greek mythology who
had wings on his feet and moved very
swiftly.
443.After the character in Greek mythology
who was in love with his own reflection.
444.From a sixteenth-century tale by Fran-
cois Rabelais about the life of a giant.
445.After the mythological bird that periodi-
cally ignites itself and arises anew from
the fire.
446.After the Greek god who had the power
to change his shape at will.
447.After the chivalrous, romantic, idealistic
knight created by the early seventeenth-
century Spanish writer Miguel de Cer-
vantes.
448.After the Athenian lawmaker who cre-
ated a code of laws that punished people
very severely even for minor offenses.