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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Theseus' father send an invitation to Theseus?
(a) To invite him to the celebration of his new son's birth.
(b) To invite him to a banquet in his honor.
(c) To invite Theseus' mother to come live in Athens.
(d) To invite Theseus' mother to a party.

2. How is Theseus feeling while waiting to hear news of the king's death?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Eager.

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

4. During the bull dance, where do Theseus and another of the dancers get caught?
(a) In the bull's front legs.
(b) Cornered against the wall by the bull.
(c) Underneath the bull.
(d) In the bull's horns.

5. Why does the king ask Theseus to take his life?
(a) To end his suffering.
(b) So his daughter can gain the crown.
(c) So his son will be unable to gain the crown.
(d) To fool others into believing the king's son killed the king.

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

7. What does Theseus' father want to do for Theseus' birthday?
(a) Have a great feast.
(b) Create a monument in his honor.
(c) Go on a trip.
(d) Have a ceremony in his honor.

8. What happens in the last month of bull dancer training?
(a) They go to the pasture to get a bull, but they don't get to pick.
(b) They get to pick their bull.
(c) They practice dancing with the bulls.
(d) They must fight to see who will dance first with the bull.

9. Theseus has heard that if a dancer lasts _____ years the goddess sets them free.
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

10. 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.

11. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?
(a) This person wanted the bull dead.
(b) This person wanted Theseus dead.
(c) This person wanted all of the bull dancers to die.
(d) This person wagered money on a death in the arena.

12. What angered Poseidon?
(a) Theseus' father kept Theseus' name out of the drawing.
(b) Theseus' father dishonored him.
(c) Theseus dishonored him.
(d) Theseus' father put Theseus' name in the drawing.

13. While training to become a bull dancer, what does Theseus beg Poseidon to make him?
(a) A bull chaser.
(b) A bull dancer.
(c) A bull leaper.
(d) A bull catcher.

14. After three months of bull dancing, who calls Theseus to his home to dine?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Asterion.

15. What is the name of the bull god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Minotaur.
(c) Centaur.
(d) Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Theseus and his kinsmen decide to call themselves?

2. With what does Theseus kill the king?

3. How did Theseus ruin the symbol by retrieving the item?

4. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?

5. How did the queen of Crete treat her son when he was young?

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