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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 3; Book 3: Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Theseus' childhood friend who begs to come with him?
(a) Diokles.
(b) Dexios.
(c) Pylas.
(d) Simo.

2. Why does Theseus' mother ask him to lift the altar stone?
(a) So it's out of her way.
(b) So she can hide her valuables.
(c) So she can retrieve her long lost treasure.
(d) So she can tell him who his father is.

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

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

5. After he returns home from battle, what does Theseus tell the queen?
(a) He wants her to have his baby.
(b) He has to go to Athens to have the king cleanse him of his killing.
(c) He is leaving her and not coming back.
(d) He has to go to Athens to defeat the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men is Theseus bringing to help in his father's war?

2. What is the name of the other boy who comes to serve Poseidon?

3. What does Theseus do to the man who kills his friend?

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

5. Who is Theseus' father the son of?

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