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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Onward to Colchis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who keeps her flock by the marshes of Peneios?
(a) Kyrene.
(b) Syenthe.
(c) Loyos.
(d) Tresa.

2. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?
(a) Jason.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Leto.
(d) Argos.

3. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?
(a) Athena.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Iris.

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

5. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?
(a) The sea vines.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) The reefs.
(d) The rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?

2. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?

3. Who is Jason's mother?

4. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?

5. Who gave the orders for the men to all pull the Argo into the channel?

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