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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 steals all of Phineus's food?
(a) Hera.
(b) Scavengers.
(c) Harpies.
(d) Sirens.

2. Who does Mopsos tell the Argonauts to "call upon" for help to insure that they will all return safely home?
(a) Metis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Kythereia.
(d) Athena.

3. What does Medea fear so much that she decides not to kill herself on the night she agrees to help Jason?
(a) Hades.
(b) Not being able to tell her family why she posioned herself.
(c) Losing her family.
(d) Losing Jason's love.

4. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?
(a) 23.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

5. Whose "ploughland" does Aietes plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) Ares.
(b) Rhea.
(c) Pan.
(d) Tyche.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night that Medea agrees to help Jason, to what stars do the sailors on the open see look at?

2. What gods does Aietes call to as Jason and the Argonauts flee from Aietes's land?

3. What two men fought before the Agro left Hellas on its journey?

4. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?

5. Who dies as the result of a boar attack while leaving from Lykos's lands?

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