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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 does the oracle announce about Theseus' journey?
(a) Theseus will be afflicted with sickness and will die.
(b) Theseus will meet trouble and it will be serious but that the journey will not take his life.
(c) Theseus will gain riches and acquire a new kingdom.
(d) Theseus will make many friends along the way and will be very successful.

2. How does the queen act when Theseus leaves for battle?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

3. Where does Theseus' father rule?
(a) Troizen.
(b) Athens.
(c) Crete.
(d) Hellene.

4. What does the queen's brother try to give Theseus' men after they defeat the city?
(a) A banquet in their honor.
(b) A larger amount of the spoils.
(c) A smaller amount of the spoils.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king violently stop Theseus from doing?

2. Who is the queen of the town Theseus travels to?

3. How is Theseus' grandfather feeling when Theseus comes to visit him?

4. Why does Aigeus ask the king if he can go to the priestess?

5. Why must the entire town watch Theseus and the queen?

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