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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 does Theseus decide to do about revealing his true identity to the king?
(a) He decides not to tell him.
(b) He can't decide.
(c) He decides to tell him right away.
(d) He decides to wait.

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

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

4. After a quarrel, what does Theseus offer to do for the queen?
(a) To buy her something new.
(b) To beat her because she has forgotten that she is a woman.
(c) To help her with her problem.
(d) To leave the town.

5. After three months of bull dancing, who calls Theseus to his home to dine?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Asterion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theseus learn about the king's son from the other bull dancers?

2. Why does Theseus' father send an invitation to Theseus?

3. How does Theseus' grandfather feel when he learns Theseus didn't go on the ship?

4. What age is Theseus as he narrates the story?

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

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