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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 5-6; Book 2: Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Theseus and his friend traveling to Athens?
(a) By foot.
(b) On donkeys.
(c) On horses.
(d) In a wagon.

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

3. What does the entire town watch Theseus and the queen doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sharing a glass of wine.
(c) Making love.
(d) Fighting.

4. What do the people of the town pick someone to do every year?
(a) Sacrifice one of the queen's children.
(b) Kill the current king.
(c) Kill the current queen.
(d) Select a new queen.

5. What do the people of the town believe must happen every year?
(a) A new queen must be crowned.
(b) A new king must be crowned.
(c) The queen must sacrifice one of her children.
(d) The queen must have another child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?

2. Why does Simo make fun of Theseus?

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

4. Whom do Theseus and his friend run into as they begin their journey?

5. How is Theseus' grandfather feeling when Theseus comes to visit him?

(see the answer key)

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