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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Argos say lived before the moon and ate acorns from the mountains?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Arkadians.
(c) Hera.
(d) Hecate.

2. Who does Hera bid to come see her from the sea after Jason and Medea leave Kirke's home?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Athena.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Aphrodite.

3. How many streams flowed from the Aietes' palace doors?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. What is Kirke doing when the Argonauts find her?
(a) Weaving a robe.
(b) Collecting blood.
(c) Crying.
(d) Purifying her head.

5. What does Medea say she will do after Jason finds success in his challenge and leaves her father's lands?
(a) Admit all to her father and suffer the punishment.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Force him to marry her.
(d) Hide aboard his ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color do the eyes of a Colchian glitter?

2. At the "first glow of dawn", what does Medea place on her head as she goes to meet Jason for the first time?

3. Who is the steersman on the voyage back to Hellas?

4. How many daughters does Aietes have?

5. Why does Chalkiope go to Medea's room in the midst of her trying to come up with a plan to gain Medea's help for Jason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What challenge does Aietes pose to Jason in exchange for the Golden Fleece?

2. Why is Erato called Erato?

3. What does Medea tell Jason will happen if he breaks his promise to her?

4. What does Kirke have to do to cleanse Jason and Medea of the murder?

5. What happens that leads Mopsos to believe that Jason will be successful in meeting Aietes's challenge?

6. Why does Medea devise a plan to kill Apsyrtos?

7. Why does Jason agree to take Medea away from her father's lands?

8. Describe the four springs that flow from Aietes's palace.

9. After Jason completes Aietes's challenge, what does Aietes do?

10. How does Hera convince Thetis to help the Argonauts?

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