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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Jason and Medea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the women of the Plain of Kirke when they die?
(a) They are cremated.
(b) They are placed in a sacrifical tomb to Zeus.
(c) They buried in the earth.
(d) They are put on boats and put out to sea.

2. Who is Phineus's wife?
(a) Femi.
(b) Kleopatra.
(c) Acnath.
(d) Dalila.

3. Whose palace does Athena go to to ask for help for Jason's quest?
(a) Posedion.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Kypris.
(d) Urania.

4. What kind of tears does Medea weep during the night after she agrees to help Jason?
(a) Tears of dishonor.
(b) Tears of pity.
(c) Tears of joy.
(d) Tears of fear.

5. Why does Aietes beleive that Jason has come from Hellas?
(a) To get the fleece.
(b) To gain his throne.
(c) To marry his queen.
(d) To steal his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the men celebrate during their first night at Bebrykian?

2. Who tells the Argonauts of his fears regarding the journey after successfully traversing the Clashing Rocks?

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

4. Whose home was Gyrton?

5. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?

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