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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. On the night that Medea agrees to help Jason, to what stars do the sailors on the open see look at?
(a) The stars of Caelum.
(b) The stars of Orion.
(c) The stars of Crux.
(d) The stars of Scorpius.

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

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

4. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?
(a) Pytho.
(b) Ankaios.
(c) Idmon.
(d) Hercales.

5. How many bulls does Jason promise to sacrifice upon a safe return to Hellas?
(a) Equal to the number of men that return.
(b) Equal to the number of men who go on the voyage.
(c) 1,000.
(d) Equal to the number of men who die during the voyage.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose sons does Lykos build a shine to on the Acherousian headlands?

2. In the Plain of Kirke, what hangs from the elm and willow branches?

3. How many streams flowed from the Aietes' palace doors?

4. Who is Jason's mother?

5. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?

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