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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' father want to do for Theseus' birthday?
(a) Have a great feast.
(b) Create a monument in his honor.
(c) Have a ceremony in his honor.
(d) Go on a trip.

2. What does the queen do after her fight with Theseus?
(a) She breaks down crying.
(b) She becomes silent and submissive.
(c) She demands an apology.
(d) She gets angry and leaves.

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

4. What is the king wearing when the Theseus and his kinsmen first see him in the House of the Axe?
(a) An ornate dragon mask.
(b) An ornate horse mask.
(c) An ornate bull mask.
(d) An ornate eagle mask.

5. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?
(a) This person wagered money on a death in the arena.
(b) This person wanted the bull dead.
(c) This person wanted Theseus dead.
(d) This person wanted all of the bull dancers to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. After three months of bull dancing, who calls Theseus to his home to dine?

2. How many months will the bull dancers have to train?

3. What is the name of the queen's brother?

4. Why does Aigeus command the king and the priestess to keep Theseus' identity hidden?

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

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