Question

1. why is king minos \wicked\ (paragraph 3)?

a. he tells his daughter to talk to theseus, knowing that it will make him forget about killing the minotaur.
b. each year, he makes the king of athens send his citizens down to be eaten by the minotaur.
c. every month, he demands that someone go into the labyrinth to try to defeat the monster.
d. he forces his people to fight the minotaur, even though he knows they will die.

Explanation:

To determine why King Minos is "wicked", we analyze each option:

• Option A: Telling his daughter to talk to Theseus to make him forget about killing the Minotaur is not a wicked act related to harming others on a large scale.
• Option B: Making the King of Athens send citizens to be eaten by the Minotaur each year involves sacrificing innocent people's lives regularly, which is a cruel and wicked act.
• Option C: The frequency here is "every month" which does not align with the traditional myth (where it's annual), and the action of sending people to defeat the monster is not as directly wicked as sacrificing them to be eaten.
• Option D: Forcing his own people to fight the Minotaur is not the traditional reason for his wickedness; the traditional context involves Athenian citizens, not his own people.

Answer:

B. Each year, he makes the King of Athens send his citizens down to be eaten by the Minotaur.