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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a bull dancer, what does Theseus decide he wants to be?
(a) A leaper.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A catcher.
(d) A chaser.

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

4. What is the life expectancy of a bull dancer?
(a) Three months.
(b) One month.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Six months.

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

6. What happens to Theseus after the bull dance?
(a) He is banished from bull dancing.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is hurt but lives.
(d) He runs away.

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

8. Why is the bull never to be killed or hurt?
(a) He is the king's favorite animal.
(b) He is the queen's favorite animal.
(c) It would bring bad luck to the kingdom.
(d) The god dwells in him.

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

10. Who does the queen sleep with that angers the king?
(a) His brother.
(b) A rival king.
(c) A young bull dancer.
(d) His best friend.

11. What does Theseus think of the person who tells him the gods favor him?
(a) This person is cruel.
(b) This person is funny.
(c) This person is gentle and kind.
(d) This person is old and senile.

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

13. What does Theseus and his kinsmen practice on the ship?
(a) Speed drills.
(b) Fighting.
(c) A dance.
(d) Singing.

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

15. After Theseus and his kinsmen have practiced and before they are ready for their dance, who comes to check on them?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Asterion.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Herakles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens in the last month of bull dancer training?

3. What disease afflicts the king of Crete?

4. Who does Theseus' lover take him to see in a secret lair under the palace?

5. Theseus has heard that if a dancer lasts _____ years the goddess sets them free.

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