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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Jason and Medea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, as told in a reflection, did Jason carry across a flooded stream?
(a) Hera.
(b) Athena.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Kypris.

2. What happens to the women of the Plain of Kirke when they die?
(a) They are placed in a sacrifical tomb to Zeus.
(b) They buried in the earth.
(c) They are cremated.
(d) They are put on boats and put out to sea.

3. What does Kypris promise Eros if he shoots the daughter of Aietes with an arrow?
(a) Zeus' ball.
(b) A bride.
(c) A kindgom of his own.
(d) A child to play with.

4. What does Aietes bury in the furrows that he plows with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) Grain-seed.
(b) Zeus' broken lightning bolts.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Tears of Hera.

5. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?
(a) The Sirens.
(b) The sea vines.
(c) The reefs.
(d) The rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal speaks to Jason and Moposos to tell them of the plan for Jason to meet Medea?

2. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?

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

4. Who does Eros crouch by when he shoots an arrow at Medea?

5. After Jason prays for the safe passage and return of the Argo, what does he throw?

(see the answer key)

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