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Worksheets"Theseus and the Minotaur" Reading Check
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Put the events of "Theseus and the Minotaur" in the correct order.
Athens loses a war with Crete and must send 7 men and women each year to be eaten by the Minotaur.
Theseus hears the story and decides to go to Crete to slay the Minotaur.
Theseus' father King Egeus asks him to change the black sails on his ship to white if he slays the Minotaur.
Theseus journies to Crete and kills the Minotaur with the help of Princess Ariadne.
Theseus forgets to change the ship sails. Seeing the black sails and thinking his son dead, King Egeus jumps off of the cliff and kills himself.
Who is the king of Crete and the owner of the Minotaur?
Theseus
Ariadne
Egeus
Minos
What was Theseus supposed to do to signal that he had killed the Minotaur?
Send a messenger to his father.
Shoot off some fireworks.
Send a letter to his father.
Change the sails of his ship from black to white.
How does Princess Ariadne help Theseus kill the Minotaur?
She lets him out of his cell.
She casts a spell over him.
She prays to the Gods that he will win the battle.
She gives him a ball of string/thread and a sword.
Describe the Minotaur.
He has snakes on his head instead of hair and turns people to stone.
He has the body of a horse and the head of a man.
He is half goat and half man.
He has the head of a bull and the body of a man.
Why does Theseus feel pity for the Minotaur?
The Minotaur is a prisoner of King Minos.
The Minotaur doesn't know who his parents are.
The Minotaur is miserable.
Why does King Egeus kill himself by jumping off of the cliff and into the ocean?
Because the Minotaur killed Theseus.
Because he wanted Theseus to become king instead of him.
Because King Minos was coming to attack the kingdom.
Because Theseus forgot to change the ship's sails from black to white.
Why did Ariadne give Theseus a ball of string or thread?
To tie up the Minotaur.
To climb out of the labyrinth (maze).
To find his way out of the labyrinth (maze).
Why does Ariadne refuse to go home with Theseus?
She does not love him.
She is afraid of his father.
She is sad that the Minotaur is dead.
Her father is old and has nobody to love him so she stays with him.
Who becomes King of Athens at the end of the story?
Minos
Theseus
Ariadne
Egeus
