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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. After dealing with the chariot driver, who does Theseus fight in combat?
(a) Sinis.
(b) Xanthos.
(c) Pylas.
(d) Simo.

2. Who is the ruler of the neighboring kingdom?
(a) Megara.
(b) Nisos.
(c) Pylas.
(d) Eleusis.

3. Where does Aigeus want Theseus to go when he is able to get the items from under the stone?
(a) Hellene.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troizen.
(d) Crete.

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

5. Who are the children of the king and queen of Crete?
(a) Theseus and Asterion.
(b) Herakles and Corinth.
(c) Ariadne and Herakles.
(d) Asterion and Ariadne.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?

2. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?

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

4. What is the name of the bull god?

5. Who tells Theseus that the gods favor him?

(see the answer key)

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