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

2. As darkness brought on the first night at Bebrykian, what sounds kept many from sleeping?
(a) The cries of the Queen.
(b) The cries of the widows.
(c) The cries of the gulls.
(d) The cries of the burn victims.

3. Whose home was Gyrton?
(a) Larisa.
(b) Cheiron.
(c) Coronos.
(d) Demeter.

4. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?
(a) His hand.
(b) His hair.
(c) His face.
(d) His lips.

5. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?
(a) Ophion.
(b) Pelion.
(c) Orpheus.
(d) Tiphys.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?

2. For how many days do the Argonauts mourn the death of their fellow sailor (the one who perishes from a boar attack)?

3. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?

4. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?

5. Who does Eros crouch by when he shoots an arrow at Medea?

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