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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Onward to Colchis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the mortal that both Zeus and Apollo fail to "deflower"?
(a) Sinope.
(b) Bronzerte.
(c) Darimerte.
(d) Carynthe.

2. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?
(a) Bear.
(b) Bull.
(c) Lion.
(d) Elk.

3. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?
(a) Ophion.
(b) Tiphys.
(c) Pelion.
(d) Orpheus.

4. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?
(a) Hera.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Athena.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?
(a) A boar.
(b) A lion.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?

2. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?

3. What animal does the son of Leto state has shown him of the "ill-omens" of the journey that the men are getting ready to embark upon?

4. What is the name of the people who came to make alliances with the Argonauts since they had beaten the Bebrykians?

5. What happens as soon as the Argonauts make it through the Clashing Rocks?

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