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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four: Homeward Bound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Argos say lived before the moon and ate acorns from the mountains?
(a) Hecate.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Arkadians.
(d) Hera.

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

3. Whose priestess was Medea?
(a) Hekate.
(b) Maia.
(c) Nike.
(d) Hebe.

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

5. On the third day at sea, who does Medea say an offering needs to be made to?
(a) Hera.
(b) Hecate.
(c) Athena.
(d) Poseidon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?

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

3. Which goddess causes Medea to change her mind about killing herself?

4. What does Kypris promise Eros if he shoots the daughter of Aietes with an arrow?

5. Who is the "god of the shore"?

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