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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship of Diokles and Theseus?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Uncle and nephew.
(d) Grandfather and grandson.

2. Who does Theseus' mother reveal to be his father?
(a) Kannadis.
(b) Diokles.
(c) Aigeus.
(d) King Pittheus.

3. In Theseus' dream, what does he use to move the rock?
(a) A wagon.
(b) Spades.
(c) Wood poles.
(d) Someone helps him.

4. What age is Theseus as he narrates the story?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A child.
(c) A young man.
(d) An old man.

5. Why does Theseus' mother ask him to lift the altar stone?
(a) So it's out of her way.
(b) So she can hide her valuables.
(c) So she can tell him who his father is.
(d) So she can retrieve her long lost treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aigeus command the king and the priestess to keep Theseus' identity hidden?

2. Why did King Minos' men take the smaller boys from Troizen?

3. Why does Theseus' mother need to give herself to the first man that is sent by the gods?

4. In the story that Theseus' grandfather tells him, what befalls the city?

5. What does Theseus hear the harper singing about?

(see the answer key)

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