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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four: Homeward Bound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped the Argonauts escape from their enemies at sea by sending lightning flashes from the sky?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Poseidon.

2. What does Jason place over the fleece to keep it safe?
(a) A blanket woven by Hera.
(b) A robe.
(c) An oxen's hide.
(d) A scarf of golden color.

3. Whose palace does Athena go to to ask for help for Jason's quest?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Posedion.
(c) Kypris.
(d) Urania.

4. Who fell from Helios's chariot into the waters of Eridanos?
(a) Phaethon.
(b) Nereids.
(c) Mania.
(d) Pheme.

5. What does the narrator compare the light given off of the fleece to?
(a) Zeus's lightning.
(b) Aether's light.
(c) Apollo's light.
(d) Aphrodite's beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aietes beleive that Jason has come from Hellas?

2. Who does the narrator ask to reveal the thoughts of Medea at the opening of Book Four?

3. Who is Kirke the sister of?

4. What goddess does Jason ask his mother to seek guidance from (as he leaves for the Argos)?

5. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?

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