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

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

3. What bird impales itself on the ships' sternpost?
(a) A black-kit.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A eagle.
(d) An egret.

4. What does Kypris promise Eros if he shoots the daughter of Aietes with an arrow?
(a) A child to play with.
(b) A kindgom of his own.
(c) Zeus' ball.
(d) A bride.

5. Who asks Athena about a possible plan to insure the Argonauts success?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hera.
(d) Demeter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Hera ask to watch for Medea and Jason's leave from Kirke's house?

3. Who does Argos say lived before the moon and ate acorns from the mountains?

4. Whose scepter does Jason take with him to speak to Aietes in regard to the fleece?

5. How many times does Medea call out to Phrontis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jason promise Medea after she asks him to take her with him?

2. What happens to ensure that the Argonauts know the path they are to take back to Hellas?

3. What does it take for Kypris to convince Eros to bewitch Medea?

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

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

6. What plan does Argos have to insure that Jason succeeds at Aietes's challenge?

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

8. Why does Medea decide to go to Jason and flee her father's lands?

9. What does Medea normally do during the day?

10. Why is Erato called Erato?

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