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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. What two things will end the bull dancing?
(a) The bull dies or the dancer decides to stop.
(b) The bull dies or the dancer gets tired.
(c) The bull is too tired to chase or the dancer dies by the bull.
(d) The bull is wounded or the dancer is wounded.

2. Who is Theseus' grandfather?
(a) Aigeus.
(b) Diokles.
(c) King Minos.
(d) King Pittheus.

3. What is the name of the road on which Theseus travels to Athens?
(a) Troizen Road.
(b) Isthmus Road.
(c) Eleusis Road.
(d) Nisos Road.

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

5. Who is going to send a message to Theseus' father, asking for help in stopping the son of the king of Crete?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Corinth.
(d) A bard who's singing in the palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of the town believe must happen every year?

2. As Theseus heads back to his people, what does he discover the queen ordered?

3. What is the name of the bull god?

4. What does Theseus name their bull?

5. As a bull dancer, what does Theseus decide he wants to be?

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