WorksheetsTheseus and the Minotaur
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 13mins
Theseus was the son of the king of (a) .
Theseus grew up away from Athens and his father. When he went to Athens as a young man he proved his identity by showing Aegeus a ____________ and _____________ which his father had hidden under a huge rock.
(a)
Athens had been at war with (a) .
The king of Crete was called (a) .
The Minotaur lived on Crete, in a specially-designed (a) .
The Minotaur was half ___________ half ___________ .
(a)
Each year, 7 Athenian boys and 7 girls were sent to Crete to be fed to the Minotaur, because....?
The Athenians had killed Minos's son in the war
The Minotaur would only eat Athenian flesh
King Minos had offered to pay the king of Athens
King Minos and the king of Athens were friends
When Theseus chose to go to Crete, his father made him promise that, if he lived, he would change the sails on his boat from __________ to ____________ when he came back
(a)
Theseus was helped in his task by King Minos's daughter (a) .
She gave him a ball of ___________ and a ______________ to help him with his task.
(a)
In return for her help, Theseus promised to ....?
take her away and give her money
take her away and give her gifts
take her away and kill her father
take her away and marry her
After he had killed the Minotaur, Theseus and Ariadne fled to the island of (a) , where he abandoned her.
When he returned to Athens, Theseus forgot to...?
change the ship's sails from white to black
change the ship's sails from black to white
put the ship's sails up
take down the ship's sails
Seeing this, his father threw himself into the (a) .
