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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. Whose scepter does Jason take with him to speak to Aietes in regard to the fleece?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Erinyes.
(c) Tyche.
(d) Helios.

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

3. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Breathe fire.
(c) Roar.
(d) Hear, it is deaf.

4. After leaving Bebrykian, upon what shores do the Argonauts land?
(a) Syndor.
(b) Crossetuer.
(c) Thynian.
(d) Matachian.

5. What bird impales itself on the ships' sternpost?
(a) An egret.
(b) A eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A black-kit.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?

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

3. What creature was Apollo known for killing when he was a young child?

4. As soon as Argos finished telling the Argonauts of his plans to help Jason to succeed, what bird flew into his lap?

5. What two men fought before the Agro left Hellas on its journey?

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