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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 many "measures" must Jason plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. What does Medea say she will do to the bulls of the challenge?
(a) Blind them.
(b) Drug them.
(c) Lead them for Jason.
(d) Feed them heavily so they are too tired to fight.

3. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?
(a) Up to Olympos.
(b) A cave.
(c) Across the sea.
(d) Hell.

4. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) Wise and stong men.
(b) Men of old.
(c) The lovers of Aphrodite.
(d) Pillars of men.

5. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?
(a) Ankaios.
(b) Idmon.
(c) Pytho.
(d) Hercales.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to address the crew of the Argo before it set sail?

2. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?

3. Who is Phineus's father?

4. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?

5. What is the name of the mortal that both Zeus and Apollo fail to "deflower"?

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