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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. How do the people of Crete treat Theseus and his kinsmen when they arrive?
(a) They are nervous and shy.
(b) They are prodded and pinched like cattle.
(c) They are mocked and ridiculed.
(d) They are applauded and followed around the city.

2. Why won't Theseus go to his lover the night before the bull dance?
(a) He must keep his pledge to his fellow cranes.
(b) He no longer desires her.
(c) He must stay away because he's being followed.
(d) He is angry with her.

3. Who does Theseus' lover take him to see in a secret lair under the palace?
(a) Asterion.
(b) Herakles.
(c) The queen.
(d) Minos.

4. How is Theseus feeling while waiting to hear news of the king's death?
(a) Eager.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

5. Who tells Theseus that the gods favor him?
(a) An old woman.
(b) His father.
(c) Simo.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Theseus proclaimed the leader of the bull dancers in Crete?

2. Who is the ruler of the neighboring kingdom?

3. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?

4. Why do the people of Crete come to watch the bull dancers train?

5. How does Theseus make the people in the camp feel?

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