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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. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) Zeus.

2. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?
(a) Hera.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) The Muses.
(d) Jason.

3. What do the Argonauts sacrifice to cleanse Phineus?
(a) A goat.
(b) A dove.
(c) An ox.
(d) A sheep.

4. Who tells the Argonauts of his fears regarding the journey after successfully traversing the Clashing Rocks?
(a) Kalpe.
(b) Jason.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Leto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who steals all of Phineus's food?

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

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

4. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?

5. To whom does Phineus lose his eyesight to?

(see the answer key)

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