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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 4-7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After a quarrel, what does Theseus offer to do for the queen?
(a) To beat her because she has forgotten that she is a woman.
(b) To help her with her problem.
(c) To leave the town.
(d) To buy her something new.
2. Whom does Theseus send away on a boat?
(a) The king of Athens.
(b) The soldiers of Eleusis.
(c) The queen and her children.
(d) The people of Eleusis.
3. Where are Theseus and his kinsmen living in Crete?
(a) The Bull Court.
(b) A house in the country.
(c) The castle.
(d) The dungeons.
4. Who does Theseus find to leave his sword?
(a) The queen.
(b) Simo.
(c) Pylas.
(d) He can't find anyone he trusts.
5. What happens in the last month of bull dancer training?
(a) They practice dancing with the bulls.
(b) They go to the pasture to get a bull, but they don't get to pick.
(c) They must fight to see who will dance first with the bull.
(d) They get to pick their bull.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the people of the town believe must happen every year?
2. After Theseus talks to his grandfather, how many days is it until a ship arrives at Troizen to take him to Athens?
3. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?
4. What is the name of the road on which Theseus travels to Athens?
5. Theseus has heard that if a dancer lasts _____ years the goddess sets them free.
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