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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 3; Book 3: Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the queen's brother?
(a) Xanthos.
(b) Aigeus.
(c) Pylas.
(d) Nisos.

2. After he returns home from battle, what does Theseus tell the queen?
(a) He is leaving her and not coming back.
(b) He has to go to Athens to have the king cleanse him of his killing.
(c) He has to go to Athens to defeat the king.
(d) He wants her to have his baby.

3. Who is the ruler of the neighboring kingdom?
(a) Pylas.
(b) Nisos.
(c) Eleusis.
(d) Megara.

4. How does Theseus make the people in the camp feel?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Safe.
(d) Envious.

5. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?
(a) The body is cremated and the ashes spread over the fields.
(b) The body is thrown into the sea.
(c) The body is plowed into the field.
(d) The body is buried in the town's cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the entire town watch Theseus and the queen doing?

2. Where does Aigeus want Theseus to go when he is able to get the items from under the stone?

3. Why does Aigeus ask the king if he can go to the priestess?

4. Of what city is Theseus' mother the chief priestess?

5. What does the queen's brother try to give Theseus' men after they defeat the city?

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