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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Theseus and his friend run into as they begin their journey?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Robbers and thieves.
(d) Old friends from home.

2. What does Theseus think of the person who tells him the gods favor him?
(a) This person is gentle and kind.
(b) This person is funny.
(c) This person is old and senile.
(d) This person is cruel.

3. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?
(a) To meet with his kinsmen.
(b) To practice bull dancing.
(c) Back to his own bed.
(d) To his lover's chambers.

4. Why does Theseus decide to make friends with one of the neighboring kingdoms?
(a) To trade goods with them.
(b) To get them to ask the Eleusians for their help in a war.
(c) To barter weapons.
(d) To hire servants to work in the fields.

5. Why does Theseus' lover begin to cry?
(a) She believes he's worthy to be a king of an entire kingdom.
(b) She and Theseus have quarreled.
(c) She feels guilty for being with Theseus.
(d) Theseus struck her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Theseus and his friend find on the side of the road?

2. How are Theseus and his friend traveling to Athens?

3. Who wants the king of Crete to die and is the one who is believed to have infected him?

4. What do Theseus and the bull dancers smuggle and begin to hide?

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

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