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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. Who is the steersman on the voyage back to Hellas?
(a) Ankaios.
(b) Jason.
(c) Typhios.
(d) Hercales.

2. On what type of tree does the Golden Fleece hang?
(a) Redwood.
(b) Oak.
(c) Pine.
(d) Cypress.

3. What does Jason promise Medea when she offers to help him get the fleece?
(a) To take her to Hellas.
(b) To take her to his home.
(c) All of these.
(d) To marry her.

4. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?
(a) Hera.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Athena.

5. What does the narrator compare the light given off of the fleece to?
(a) Aether's light.
(b) Zeus's lightning.
(c) Aphrodite's beauty.
(d) Apollo's light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose priestess was Medea?

2. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?

3. How many times does Medea call out to Phrontis?

4. On the third day at sea, who does Medea say an offering needs to be made to?

5. Who is Phineus's father?

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