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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theseus learn about the king's son from the other bull dancers?
(a) That the man is the King's son.
(b) That the man wants to kill Theseus.
(c) That the man is not the King's real son.
(d) That the man wants to save Theseus.

2. When the man threw the item into the sea on the day that Theseus arrived, what was that a symbol of?
(a) A symbol to show that the king is obedient to the sea.
(b) A symbol to show that the king is more powerful than the sea.
(c) A symbol to show that the king has wed the sea.
(d) A symbol to show that the king is at peace with the sea.

3. Who does Theseus' lover take him to see in a secret lair under the palace?
(a) Asterion.
(b) The queen.
(c) Herakles.
(d) Minos.

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

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

6. Why won't Theseus go to his lover the night before the bull dance?
(a) He no longer desires her.
(b) He is angry with her.
(c) He must stay away because he's being followed.
(d) He must keep his pledge to his fellow cranes.

7. 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 applauded and followed around the city.
(c) They are mocked and ridiculed.
(d) They are nervous and shy.

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

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

10. Who wants the king of Crete to die and is the one who is believed to have infected him?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) The queen.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Asterion.

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

12. What do Theseus and the bull dancers smuggle and begin to hide?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Gold.
(c) Armor.
(d) Food.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What angered Poseidon?

4. How did the queen of Crete treat her daughter when she was young?

5. What disease afflicts the king of Crete?

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