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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. If Chalkiope's sons perish, what does she swear to do to Medea if Medea fails to keep them safe?
(a) Kill their father.
(b) Kill Medea.
(c) Sacrifice Medea to Poseidon.
(d) Persue Medea from Hades.

2. When the heroes are to arrive at Aietes palace, what does the narrator say they will do if Pelias does not give them the fleece?
(a) Overthrow Pelias.
(b) Kill everyone.
(c) Steal his queen.
(d) Set fire to the palace.

3. What does Aietes plan to do to the Argo when Jason fails at his challenge?
(a) Tear it apart and throw the pieces over the mountain.
(b) Send it unmanned out to sea.
(c) Sink it as offering to Posiedon.
(d) Burn it.

4. Who else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Aison.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Erginos.

5. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?
(a) Athena.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Phineus's wife?

2. Whose is Telamon's grandfather?

3. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?

4. What is the name of the people who came to make alliances with the Argonauts since they had beaten the Bebrykians?

5. From what goddess do the Amazon women descend from?

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