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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theseus think of the person who tells him the gods favor him?
(a) This person is old and senile.
(b) This person is funny.
(c) This person is gentle and kind.
(d) This person is cruel.

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

3. What does Theseus ask the king of the town just before taking his life?
(a) To please stop crying.
(b) To beg for mercy.
(c) To tell him the secrets of the town.
(d) To forgive him any sin for taking his life.

4. What does Theseus name their bull?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Corinth.

5. What items does Theseus find under the rock?
(a) Sword and sandals.
(b) Helmet and shield.
(c) Shield and sword.
(d) Sandals and shield.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what have the Crete men come to Athens?

2. What gift does Theseus' father give him?

3. After Theseus and his kinsmen have practiced and before they are ready for their dance, who comes to check on them?

4. How old is Theseus when he is sent to begin his service to Poseidon?

5. Who does Theseus' mother reveal to be his father?

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