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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. As darkness brought on the first night at Bebrykian, what sounds kept many from sleeping?
(a) The cries of the widows.
(b) The cries of the burn victims.
(c) The cries of the gulls.
(d) The cries of the Queen.

2. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hera.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Zeus.

3. What is the name of the mortal that both Zeus and Apollo fail to "deflower"?
(a) Sinope.
(b) Bronzerte.
(c) Darimerte.
(d) Carynthe.

4. What goddess allows Sthenelos to watch the Agro pass before his tomb?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Aega.
(c) Castalia.
(d) Hera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Phineus lose his eyesight to?

2. What type of tree is the Argo tied to upon the shores of Bebrykian?

3. Who does Orpheus marry?

4. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?

5. What animal does the son of Leto state has shown him of the "ill-omens" of the journey that the men are getting ready to embark upon?

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