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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Jason and Medea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Argos related to Medea?
(a) Medea is his sister.
(b) Medea is his god-mother.
(c) Medea is his neice.
(d) Medea is his aunt.

2. What happens to the women of the Plain of Kirke when they die?
(a) They are put on boats and put out to sea.
(b) They are placed in a sacrifical tomb to Zeus.
(c) They buried in the earth.
(d) They are cremated.

3. After the men had placed the Argo in the water, what was the first task men needed to be assigned to?
(a) Sleeping schedules.
(b) Deck watch shifts.
(c) Rowing-bench seats.
(d) Steering schedules.

4. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?
(a) To bid Jason farewell.
(b) A child is being born.
(c) Jason's mother is dying.
(d) Jason's father is dying.

5. Who does Argos tell Jason they must win over to help Jason with his challenge?
(a) Aietes.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Medea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Medea say she will do to the bulls of the challenge?

2. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?

3. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?

4. What had Hephaistos fashioned for Aietes' palace that had a bronze mouth and breathed fire?

5. Who does Lykos send on with the Argonauts on their journey?

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