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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 Theseus and his men come upon at the end of the borders?
(a) The gangs and thieves have joined forces with another kingdom to fight.
(b) A deserted battlefield.
(c) The gangs and thieves have come to surrender.
(d) The gangs and thieves have rallied themselves to a battlefield to fight.

2. What does Theseus pray to the gods for as they make their way out of the palace?
(a) The ability to control the bull dancers in their nervousness.
(b) The ability to control the bull dancers in their anger.
(c) The ability to control the bull dancers in their excitement.
(d) The ability to control the bull dancers in their fear.

3. What does Theseus do to the chariot driver?
(a) He ties him to a tree and leaves him.
(b) He makes him his slave.
(c) He kills him.
(d) He shows mercy and lets him go.

4. Who tells Theseus that the gods favor him?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Simo.
(d) An old woman.

5. After Theseus and his kinsmen have practiced and before they are ready for their dance, who comes to check on them?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?

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

3. What is Theseus' house called?

4. Why won't Theseus go to his lover the night before the bull dance?

5. Who is Theseus' mentor?

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