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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. On what type of tree does the Golden Fleece hang?
(a) Pine.
(b) Oak.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Redwood.

2. During the sacrifice prior to leaving Hellas, what does Aison pour over the ox's sacrificial meat as it burning?
(a) Blood and wine mixture.
(b) Oils.
(c) Unmixed wine.
(d) Sea water.

3. For how many days do the Argonauts mourn the death of their fellow sailor (the one who perishes from a boar attack)?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 days.

4. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their meat to dry.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Their clothes.
(d) Their voyage logs.

5. To whom does Phineus lose his eyesight to?
(a) Jason.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?

2. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?

3. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?

4. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?

5. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?

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