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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 is the "god of the shore"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Poseidon.

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

3. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

4. After Jason prays for the safe passage and return of the Argo, what does he throw?
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Wheat-grains.
(c) Barley-grains.
(d) Oat-grains.

5. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their voyage logs.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Their meat to dry.
(d) Their clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?

2. In Mariandynoi, where does the "path which descends" lead to?

3. Who volunteers to box against King Amykos?

4. Who tells the Argonauts of his fears regarding the journey after successfully traversing the Clashing Rocks?

5. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?

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