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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people of the town pick someone to do every year?
(a) Kill the current king.
(b) Select a new queen.
(c) Kill the current queen.
(d) Sacrifice one of the queen's children.

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

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

4. Why does Aigeus ask the king if he can go to the priestess?
(a) He wants to become king.
(b) He has a great attraction for her and would like to make her his wife.
(c) He has no sons of his own and is certain the gods would grant one of this union.
(d) He would like to ask her for advice.

5. What is the name of the queen's brother?
(a) Xanthos.
(b) Nisos.
(c) Aigeus.
(d) Pylas.

6. Why does Theseus decide to make friends with one of the neighboring kingdoms?
(a) To hire servants to work in the fields.
(b) To get them to ask the Eleusians for their help in a war.
(c) To trade goods with them.
(d) To barter weapons.

7. Who is Theseus' grandfather?
(a) King Minos.
(b) King Pittheus.
(c) Aigeus.
(d) Diokles.

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

9. What is the name of the other boy who comes to serve Poseidon?
(a) Pittheus.
(b) Simo.
(c) Kannadis.
(d) Diokles.

10. 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 cremated and the ashes spread over the fields.
(c) The body is plowed into the field.
(d) The body is buried in the town's cemetery.

11. What is the name of the next town Theseus travels to after leaving the camp?
(a) Eleusis.
(b) Nisos.
(c) Megara.
(d) Athens.

12. What is the relationship of Diokles and Theseus?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Grandfather and grandson.
(c) Uncle and nephew.
(d) Father and son.

13. What does Theseus hear the harper singing about?
(a) A city where great riches can be found.
(b) A city that built great structures and the methods they used.
(c) A city that moved great rocks and the methods they used.
(d) A city where potions can be found to heal the sick.

14. Why does Theseus' mother not want Theseus to tell anyone along his journey who he is?
(a) She fears they'd want him dead because he's heir to his father's kingdom.
(b) She has many enemies that would kill him because he's her son.
(c) She worries he'd be robbed of his possessions.
(d) She fears a woman might seduce him because of his birthright.

15. What happens when Theseus stomps the ground after Simo makes fun of him?
(a) An earthquake begins.
(b) He injures his foot.
(c) A giant hole forms.
(d) It begins to rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Theseus a chariot driver?

2. After he returns home from battle, what does Theseus tell the queen?

3. What do the people of the town believe must happen every year?

4. Who is the ruler of the neighboring kingdom?

5. After dealing with the chariot driver, who does Theseus fight in combat?

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