King anting him one wish. The king thought for only a second and then said: "I
wish for everything I touch to turn to gold". And so it was.
The beautiful flowers in his garden turned towards to sun for light, but when
Midas touched them, they stood hard and gold. The king grew hungry and thin,
because each time he tried to eat, he found that his meal was a gold. His lovely
daughter, at his loving touch, turned the gold. His water, his bed, his clothes, his
friends, and the whole palace was gold.
King Midas saw that soon his whole kingdom would turn to gold unless he did
something right away. He asked Dionysus to take back his golden touch. Because the
king was ashamed and very sad, Dionysus took pity on him and fulfilled his request.
Instantly, King Midas was poorer, but richer, he felt, in the things that really count.
True / False
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Midas was a good king for his country.
King Midas followed the rule: First think, then do!
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Dionysus rewarded King Midas for his kindness to the
elderly person
Dionysus's reward was gold.
It took King Midas hours to think of his wish.
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King Midas turned all his servants to gold
Midas was happy to eat from gold plates
King Midas loved his daughter so much that he gave her all
gold in the kingdom.
At first Dionysus was angry with Midas and didn't want to
turn everything back by his request.
At the end King Midas felt happy though ha had lost wealth
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2. True. The passage states that "The king thought for only a second and then said: 'I wish for everything I touch to turn to gold'". This implies that King Midas followed the rule of thinking before acting.
3. False. The passage does not mention anything about an elderly person or any kindness shown by King Midas towards them. It is not relevant to the story.
4. False. Dionysus did not reward King Midas with gold. The passage states that Dionysus took pity on him and fulfilled his request to take back his golden touch. The reward for King Midas was not having everything he touched turn to gold anymore.
5. False. The passage does not indicate the amount of time it took King Midas to think of his wish. It only mentions that he thought for only a second before making his wish.
6. False. The passage does not specifically mention whether King Midas turned all his servants into gold. It only states that "His lovely daughter, at his loving touch, turned to gold" and that "his friends, and the whole palace was gold". This implies that everything he touched turned to gold, but it does not specifically mention his servants.
7. False. There is no information about King Midas being happy to eat from gold plates in the passage. It only states that each time he tried to eat, he found that his meal was gold, which implies that he could not actually eat anything because it turned to gold.
8. False. The passage does not mention anything about King Midas giving his daughter all the gold in the kingdom. It only states that his daughter turned to gold when he touched her.
9. False. The passage does not mention Dionysus being angry with Midas or not wanting to turn everything back. It states that Dionysus took pity on King Midas and fulfilled his request to take back his golden touch.
10. True. The passage states that King Midas felt richer in the things that really count after he lost his ability to turn everything to gold. This implies that he felt happy despite losing his wealth.