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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. What goddess keeps Zetes and Kalias from killing the Harpies?
(a) Iris.
(b) Aura.
(c) Athena.
(d) Nyx.

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

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

4. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?
(a) Blankets made by their wives.
(b) The ship's oars.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Ox hides.

5. What does Aietes bury in the furrows that he plows with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) Grain-seed.
(b) Tears of Hera.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Zeus' broken lightning bolts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?

2. What does Medea promise to do to the dragon so that Jason may get the fleece?

3. What area does Medea step out onto from the Argo as she comes to the place where the fleece is?

4. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?

5. Who is Kirke the sister of?

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