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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 the king violently stop Theseus from doing?
(a) Taking his first bite of food.
(b) Taking his first sip of wine.
(c) Entering his chamber.
(d) Leaving the castle.

2. What angered Poseidon?
(a) Theseus' father dishonored him.
(b) Theseus' father kept Theseus' name out of the drawing.
(c) Theseus' father put Theseus' name in the drawing.
(d) Theseus dishonored him.

3. In the story that Theseus' grandfather tells him, what befalls the city?
(a) A plague.
(b) A drought.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A flood.

4. What name does Theseus and his kinsmen decide to call themselves?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Falcons.

5. Whom does Theseus send away on a boat?
(a) The people of Eleusis.
(b) The queen and her children.
(c) The soldiers of Eleusis.
(d) The king of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Theseus decide to do about revealing his true identity to the king?

3. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?

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

5. What does Theseus do for his men after they defeat the city?

(see the answer key)

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