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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Theseus and his kinsmen decide to call themselves?
(a) Falcons.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Bulls.

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

3. 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 angry and does not want them.
(c) He is royal blood and can't accept gifts from a man that struck him.
(d) He is disgraced and feels unworthy.

4. Why does Theseus take a different path every night on the way to meet his lover?
(a) To ward off bad spirits.
(b) To strengthen his body for bull dancing.
(c) To make sure no one is following him.
(d) So he can map out several places that he might need later on.

5. How many months will the bull dancers have to train?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

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

7. How did the queen of Crete treat her daughter when she was young?
(a) She was ignored but not treated badly.
(b) She was treated as an outcast and told she was nasty.
(c) She was treated as very special and loved.
(d) She was held dear by her mother.

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

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

10. Who does Theseus watch at the bull fight and decides she is human?
(a) Earth Goddess.
(b) Moon Goddess.
(c) Sea Goddess.
(d) Spirit Goddess.

11. What is one place that Theseus finds useful on his way to meet his lover?
(a) The ancient armory.
(b) The gold treasury.
(c) The records room.
(d) The library.

12. Why are Theseus and the bull dancers smuggling things?
(a) They are planning on helping all of the bull dancers.
(b) They want to become wealthy.
(c) They are planning on escaping.
(d) They are planning to take a stand against the king's son.

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

14. How long does the war last?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Nearly a month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After arriving in Crete, what does the man who slapped Theseus across the face throw into the ocean?

2. What do Theseus and the bull dancers smuggle and begin to hide?

3. Who does the queen sleep with that angers the king?

4. While training to become a bull dancer, what does Theseus beg Poseidon to make him?

5. What does Theseus think of the person who tells him the gods favor him?

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