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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 10; Book 5: Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many months will the bull dancers have to train?
(a) Three months.
(b) One month.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

3. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?
(a) The body is thrown into the sea.
(b) The body is buried in the town's cemetery.
(c) The body is cremated and the ashes spread over the fields.
(d) The body is plowed into the field.

4. Before they leave the city, the bull dancers and the citizens of Crete storm the city to kill who?
(a) Minos.
(b) The queen.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Ariadne.

5. How did Theseus ruin the symbol by retrieving the item?
(a) He dishonored the king.
(b) He disrupted his destiny.
(c) He wed himself to the sea.
(d) He disrespected the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first three months, how many members do the cranes lose bull dancing?

2. After the destruction of Crete, how does Theseus kill the man that he's fighting?

3. Why is Theseus having a hard time controlling the bull dancers?

4. How did the queen of Crete treat her son when he was young?

5. What does the man who slapped Theseus across the face call Poseidon?

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