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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. In Mariandynoi, where does the "path which descends" lead to?
(a) The Golden Fleece.
(b) Hades.
(c) The lush valleys.
(d) The cave of the Sirens.

2. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Pine.
(c) Birch.
(d) Oak.

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

4. Who gave the Argo the "divine plank of Dodonan"?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Posiedon.
(d) Athena.

5. What name does Phineus call Zeus by?
(a) The Evoker.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Sin Redeemer.
(d) The Taker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?

2. Who speaks first after the Argo passes safely through the Clashing Rocks?

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

4. Who cuts the neck of the ox to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?

5. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts

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