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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Theseus decide to make friends with one of the neighboring kingdoms?
(a) To hire servants to work in the fields.
(b) To barter weapons.
(c) To get them to ask the Eleusians for their help in a war.
(d) To trade goods with them.

2. What does the queen announce the oracle has proclaimed about Theseus' coming?
(a) He's come to kill the current king.
(b) He's come to pay homage to the king and queen.
(c) He's come to destroy the town.
(d) He's come to marry the queen.

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

4. Who is the town ruled by?
(a) Women.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Men.
(d) The townspeople.

5. After Theseus talks to his grandfather, how many days is it until a ship arrives at Troizen to take him to Athens?
(a) Three days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Fourteen days.
(d) Thirty days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the body of the person that's killed every year in the town?

2. What angered Poseidon?

3. Why does Theseus' lover begin to cry?

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

5. When the man threw the item into the sea on the day that Theseus arrived, what was that a symbol of?

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