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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 else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Tiphys.
(c) Erginos.
(d) Aison.

2. What does Jason promise Medea when she offers to help him get the fleece?
(a) All of these.
(b) To take her to Hellas.
(c) To marry her.
(d) To take her to his home.

3. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Pelion.
(c) Ophion.
(d) Tiphys.

4. What crime did Paraibious's father commit so that all of his children would be punished?
(a) He killed a nymph.
(b) He refused to sacrifice a labm to Zeus.
(c) He cut down a tree.
(d) He cursed Hera.

5. What inanimate object aboard the Argos speaks with a human voice telling them of their punishment for killing Apsyrtos?
(a) The steering wheel.
(b) An oar.
(c) The sails.
(d) The mast.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the sacrifice prior to leaving Hellas, what does Aison pour over the ox's sacrificial meat as it burning?

2. What does Aietes plan to do to the Argo when Jason fails at his challenge?

3. Whose is Telamon's grandfather?

4. After the men had placed the Argo in the water, what was the first task men needed to be assigned to?

5. What animals do the Argonauts sacrifice to Apollo at Lyre?

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