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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things will end the bull dancing?
(a) The bull is wounded or the dancer is wounded.
(b) The bull dies or the dancer gets tired.
(c) The bull dies or the dancer decides to stop.
(d) The bull is too tired to chase or the dancer dies by the bull.

2. What does the man who slapped Theseus across the face call Poseidon?
(a) Sea-daddy.
(b) Father of the sea.
(c) Fish-daddy.
(d) King of the sea.

3. Who is going to send a message to Theseus' father, asking for help in stopping the son of the king of Crete?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Herakles.
(d) A bard who's singing in the palace.

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

5. What gift does Theseus' father give him?
(a) A castle.
(b) A sword and shield.
(c) A chariot and horses.
(d) A ship.

6. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?
(a) Fourth month.
(b) First month.
(c) Second month.
(d) Third month.

7. What does one of the girl dancers confess to Theseus?
(a) She is bull shy.
(b) She is terrified of the bull.
(c) She wants to die first.
(d) She wants to be a leaper.

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

9. Why does Theseus not accept the gifts at the dinner party?
(a) He is a slave and he's unable to accept.
(b) He is royal blood and can't accept gifts from a man that struck him.
(c) He is angry and does not want them.
(d) He is disgraced and feels unworthy.

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

11. What is the king wearing when the Theseus and his kinsmen first see him in the House of the Axe?
(a) An ornate dragon mask.
(b) An ornate horse mask.
(c) An ornate eagle mask.
(d) An ornate bull mask.

12. Who calls Theseus to a secret meeting chamber?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Asterion.

13. Why do the people of Crete come to watch the bull dancers train?
(a) To encourage them.
(b) To heckle and taunt them.
(c) To make bets.
(d) To be entertained.

14. What happens to the bull after the dance?
(a) The bull is never used in bull dancing again.
(b) The bull falls in the dirt and dies.
(c) The bull is sacrificed.
(d) The bull is injured.

15. What is the name of the palace where the bull dancers will be training?
(a) Hellene.
(b) Knosses.
(c) Pylas.
(d) Nisos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the bull medicine to make him mad?

2. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?

3. What angered Poseidon?

4. What is the name of the bull god?

5. How is Theseus feeling while waiting to hear news of the king's death?

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