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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four: Homeward Bound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medea say she will do to the bulls of the challenge?
(a) Feed them heavily so they are too tired to fight.
(b) Drug them.
(c) Lead them for Jason.
(d) Blind them.

2. Who is Jason's mother?
(a) Boreas.
(b) Alkimede.
(c) Minyas.
(d) Pagasai.

3. What creature was Apollo known for killing when he was a young child?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A cyclops.
(d) A minotaur.

4. What does Medea promise to do to the dragon so that Jason may get the fleece?
(a) Drug it so that it forgets it's protecting the fleece.
(b) Lure it away with magic.
(c) Drug it so Jason may kill it.
(d) Put it to sleep.

5. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?
(a) Up to Olympos.
(b) A cave.
(c) Across the sea.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason promise Medea when she offers to help him get the fleece?

2. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?

3. What do the Argonauts sacrifice to cleanse Phineus?

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

5. What goddess does Jason ask his mother to seek guidance from (as he leaves for the Argos)?

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