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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the bull after the dance?
(a) The bull is sacrificed.
(b) The bull is never used in bull dancing again.
(c) The bull falls in the dirt and dies.
(d) The bull is injured.

2. Who is the man that threw the item in the sea for Theseus to retrieve?
(a) Nisos.
(b) Minos.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Pylas.

3. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?
(a) This person wanted Theseus dead.
(b) This person wagered money on a death in the arena.
(c) This person wanted all of the bull dancers to die.
(d) This person wanted the bull dead.

4. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?
(a) Fourth month.
(b) Third month.
(c) First month.
(d) Second month.

5. After Theseus' friend is killed, he comes to a camp of _________.
(a) Traveling gypsies.
(b) Young shepherds.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Theseus and his kinsmen living in Crete?

2. Who wants the king of Crete to die and is the one who is believed to have infected him?

3. How does Theseus' grandfather feel when he learns Theseus didn't go on the ship?

4. What is the name of the palace where the bull dancers will be training?

5. What does the king invite Theseus to drink with him?

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