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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Theseus offered at the dinner party?
(a) His freedom.
(b) Horse and chariot.
(c) Sword and shield.
(d) Gold and jewels.

2. What is Theseus and the other cranes considered to be?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Seamen.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Hunters.

3. How did the queen of Crete treat her son when he was young?
(a) He was held dear by his mother.
(b) He was liked but not favored.
(c) He was treated as an outcast and told he was nasty.
(d) He was ignored but not treated badly.

4. With what does Theseus kill the king?
(a) Sacred arrow.
(b) Sacred sword.
(c) Sacred ax.
(d) Sacred dagger.

5. Why is Theseus troubled by the king's son checking up on him during the bull dancer training?
(a) He thinks he'll keep him from being a catcher.
(b) He thinks he'll keep him from being a dancer.
(c) He thinks he'll keep him from being a leaper.
(d) He thinks he'll keep him from being a chaser.

6. How do the people of Crete treat Theseus and his kinsmen when they arrive?
(a) They are prodded and pinched like cattle.
(b) They are mocked and ridiculed.
(c) They are applauded and followed around the city.
(d) They are nervous and shy.

7. What is the name of the girl wearing a goddess outfit in Crete that Theseus is attracted to?
(a) Mary.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Helen.
(d) Corinth.

8. What does Theseus name their bull?
(a) Asterion.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Herakles.
(d) Ariadne.

9. After arriving in Crete, what does the man who slapped Theseus across the face throw into the ocean?
(a) His shoe.
(b) His sword.
(c) A stone.
(d) His ring.

10. Who gave the bull medicine to make him mad?
(a) Minos.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Simo.
(d) Asterion.

11. Who is the man that threw the item in the sea for Theseus to retrieve?
(a) Minos.
(b) Asterion.
(c) Nisos.
(d) Pylas.

12. In the first three months, how many members do the cranes lose bull dancing?
(a) Zero.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

13. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?
(a) To his lover's chambers.
(b) To meet with his kinsmen.
(c) To practice bull dancing.
(d) Back to his own bed.

14. What is the name of the bull dancer who jumps up and over the bull?
(a) A chaser.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A catcher.
(d) A leaper.

15. What disease afflicts the king of Crete?
(a) Lyme disease.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Syphilis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the king wearing when the Theseus and his kinsmen first see him in the House of the Axe?

4. Why does Theseus take a different path every night on the way to meet his lover?

5. For what have the Crete men come to Athens?

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