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

2. Who is Phineus's father?
(a) Leto.
(b) Zetes.
(c) Agenor.
(d) Thyias.

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

4. Who steals all of Phineus's food?
(a) Scavengers.
(b) Sirens.
(c) Hera.
(d) Harpies.

5. Who does Kypris say should be cursed if they cannot help the goddesses achieve success for the Argonauts?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hera.
(c) Herself.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is given the task of guiding the rudder of the Agro?

2. What does Medea fear so much that she decides not to kill herself on the night she agrees to help Jason?

3. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?

4. What wish does Phineus ask of the gods after he finishes the tale of the Argonauts journey?

5. What does Iphias kiss as Jason leaves for his journey?

(see the answer key)

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