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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. How old is Theseus when he is sent to begin his service to Poseidon?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

2. What do the people of the town believe must happen every year?
(a) The queen must sacrifice one of her children.
(b) A new king must be crowned.
(c) The queen must have another child.
(d) A new queen must be crowned.

3. What does Theseus and his men come upon at the end of the borders?
(a) The gangs and thieves have joined forces with another kingdom to fight.
(b) The gangs and thieves have rallied themselves to a battlefield to fight.
(c) A deserted battlefield.
(d) The gangs and thieves have come to surrender.

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

5. Who is Theseus' mentor?
(a) Simo.
(b) Diokles.
(c) Pittheus.
(d) Kannadis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Theseus find to leave his sword?

2. Why does Theseus' mother ask him to lift the altar stone?

3. What happens when Theseus stomps the ground after Simo makes fun of him?

4. How does the queen act when Theseus leaves for battle?

5. Who is the ruler of the neighboring kingdom?

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