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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. Where does Kypris find Eros playing with knucklebones with Ganymede?
(a) In Zeus' wheat field.
(b) By the river.
(c) In the stables.
(d) In Zeus' orchard.

2. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?
(a) One shoe.
(b) A crown of olive leaves.
(c) A vest of gold.
(d) A blood-stained robe.

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

4. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?
(a) Pagasai.
(b) Xanthos.
(c) Lykia.
(d) Pytho.

5. After leaving Bebrykian, upon what shores do the Argonauts land?
(a) Matachian.
(b) Crossetuer.
(c) Thynian.
(d) Syndor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Argos related to Medea?

2. Whose priestess was Medea?

3. When the heroes are to arrive at Aietes palace, what does the narrator say they will do if Pelias does not give them the fleece?

4. Who speaks first after the Argo passes safely through the Clashing Rocks?

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

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