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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. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) Pillars of men.
(b) Men of old.
(c) The lovers of Aphrodite.
(d) Wise and stong men.

2. Who does Jason wish the crew to offer a sacrifice to before they begin their journey?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Phoibos.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

3. What happens as soon as the Argonauts make it through the Clashing Rocks?
(a) The rocks fuse together.
(b) The rocks became seafoam.
(c) The rocks burst apart.
(d) The rocks sink into the sea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddess keeps Zetes and Kalias from killing the Harpies?

2. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?

3. What name does Phineus call Zeus by?

4. To whom does Phineus lose his eyesight to?

5. Who else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?

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