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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color of flag does Theseus' father ask Theseus to run up on the ship if he returns?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Theseus name their bull?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Corinth.

9. Who is the man that threw the item in the sea for Theseus to retrieve?
(a) Asterion.
(b) Minos.
(c) Nisos.
(d) Pylas.

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

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

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

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

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

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) Herakles.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Asterion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bull dancer who jumps up and over the bull?

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

3. Who is going to send a message to Theseus' father, asking for help in stopping the son of the king of Crete?

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

5. For what have the Crete men come to Athens?

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