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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. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?
(a) Fourth month.
(b) Second month.
(c) Third month.
(d) First month.

2. Why must the entire town watch Theseus and the queen?
(a) To ensure the continuation of the bloodline.
(b) To bring prosperity to the town.
(c) To ensure that the crops will grow.
(d) To reassure them of this union.

3. What angered Poseidon?
(a) Theseus dishonored him.
(b) Theseus' father put Theseus' name in the drawing.
(c) Theseus' father kept Theseus' name out of the drawing.
(d) Theseus' father dishonored him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?

2. What disease afflicts the king of Crete?

3. Who gave the bull medicine to make him mad?

4. What does the man who slapped Theseus across the face call Poseidon?

5. How many women had Aigeus been married to before he met Theseus' mother?

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