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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. What does the oracle announce about Theseus' journey?
(a) Theseus will make many friends along the way and will be very successful.
(b) Theseus will meet trouble and it will be serious but that the journey will not take his life.
(c) Theseus will gain riches and acquire a new kingdom.
(d) Theseus will be afflicted with sickness and will die.

2. How old is Theseus when he is sent to begin his service to Poseidon?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 8 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

3. After Theseus talks to his grandfather, how many days is it until a ship arrives at Troizen to take him to Athens?
(a) Fourteen days.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Three days.

4. 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 the bull dead.
(d) This person wanted all of the bull dancers to die.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theseus tell the bull dancers as they make their way out of the palace?

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

3. Once Theseus and the bull dancers make it outside, for whom does Theseus go back in the palace?

4. Why are Theseus and the bull dancers smuggling things?

5. What gift does Theseus' father give him?

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