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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. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?
(a) The body is thrown into the sea.
(b) The body is cremated and the ashes spread over the fields.
(c) The body is plowed into the field.
(d) The body is buried in the town's cemetery.

2. Who is the queen of the town Theseus travels to?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Mary.
(c) Helen.
(d) Dia.

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

4. Why does Aigeus command the king and the priestess to keep Theseus' identity hidden?
(a) To enable him to have more sons.
(b) To raise him as a peasant.
(c) To keep him from overtaking the throne.
(d) To keep him safe.

5. Who does Theseus' mother reveal to be his father?
(a) Aigeus.
(b) Kannadis.
(c) Diokles.
(d) King Pittheus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Theseus' father the son of?

2. What does the entire town watch Theseus and the queen doing?

3. What is the name of the next town Theseus travels to after leaving the camp?

4. Who seeks to take the throne from Aigeus?

5. Why does Theseus' mother call on an oracle to look at Theseus' journey?

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