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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the palace where the bull dancers will be training?
(a) Hellene.
(b) Pylas.
(c) Nisos.
(d) Knosses.
2. How did Theseus ruin the symbol by retrieving the item?
(a) He wed himself to the sea.
(b) He disrupted his destiny.
(c) He disrespected the sea.
(d) He dishonored the king.
3. During the bull dance, where do Theseus and another of the dancers get caught?
(a) In the bull's front legs.
(b) Underneath the bull.
(c) In the bull's horns.
(d) Cornered against the wall by the bull.
4. Who wants the king of Crete to die and is the one who is believed to have infected him?
(a) Asterion.
(b) Theseus.
(c) The queen.
(d) Ariadne.
5. What happens to Theseus after the bull dance?
(a) He is banished from bull dancing.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He is hurt but lives.
6. What does Theseus name their bull?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Herakles.
(d) Asterion.
7. Why won't Theseus go to his lover the night before the bull dance?
(a) He is angry with her.
(b) He must keep his pledge to his fellow cranes.
(c) He must stay away because he's being followed.
(d) He no longer desires her.
8. What does the man who slapped Theseus across the face call Poseidon?
(a) King of the sea.
(b) Sea-daddy.
(c) Fish-daddy.
(d) Father of the sea.
9. Who does Theseus watch at the bull fight and decides she is human?
(a) Earth Goddess.
(b) Spirit Goddess.
(c) Sea Goddess.
(d) Moon Goddess.
10. After three months of bull dancing, who calls Theseus to his home to dine?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Asterion.
(d) Corinth.
11. What does Theseus learn about the king's son from the other bull dancers?
(a) That the man is not the King's real son.
(b) That the man wants to kill Theseus.
(c) That the man wants to save Theseus.
(d) That the man is the King's son.
12. What does one of the girl dancers confess to Theseus?
(a) She wants to die first.
(b) She is terrified of the bull.
(c) She wants to be a leaper.
(d) She is bull shy.
13. Why does Theseus not accept the gifts at the dinner party?
(a) He is disgraced and feels unworthy.
(b) He is angry and does not want them.
(c) He is a slave and he's unable to accept.
(d) He is royal blood and can't accept gifts from a man that struck him.
14. What is one place that Theseus finds useful on his way to meet his lover?
(a) The gold treasury.
(b) The library.
(c) The ancient armory.
(d) The records room.
15. In what month are the bull dancers trained to leap and do cartwheels?
(a) Third month.
(b) Second month.
(c) First month.
(d) Fourth month.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Theseus go after killing the king?
2. Why did someone give the bull medicine to make him mad?
3. In what month are Theseus and his kinsmen allowed to see a bull dance for the first time?
4. How is Theseus feeling while waiting to hear news of the king's death?
5. Theseus has heard that if a dancer lasts _____ years the goddess sets them free.
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