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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Medea step out onto from the Argo as she comes to the place where the fleece is?
(a) "Zeus' Bed."
(b) "The Bull's Bed."
(c) "The Ram's Bed."
(d) "Aiolos' Bed."

2. What does Jason place over the fleece to keep it safe?
(a) A robe.
(b) An oxen's hide.
(c) A scarf of golden color.
(d) A blanket woven by Hera.

3. If Chalkiope's sons perish, what does she swear to do to Medea if Medea fails to keep them safe?
(a) Kill their father.
(b) Sacrifice Medea to Poseidon.
(c) Persue Medea from Hades.
(d) Kill Medea.

4. Who awoke in terror as Medea and Jason approached the dragon?
(a) Women who had just given birth.
(b) Children sleeping in the fields.
(c) Shepherds who were sleeping in nearby fields.
(d) The birds in the trees.

5. What does Aietes plan to do to the Argo when Jason fails at his challenge?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Send it unmanned out to sea.
(c) Tear it apart and throw the pieces over the mountain.
(d) Sink it as offering to Posiedon.

6. What does the narrator compare the light given off of the fleece to?
(a) Zeus's lightning.
(b) Aphrodite's beauty.
(c) Apollo's light.
(d) Aether's light.

7. How is Argos related to Medea?
(a) Medea is his aunt.
(b) Medea is his sister.
(c) Medea is his neice.
(d) Medea is his god-mother.

8. What about Ganymede fills Zeus with desire?
(a) His weakness for wine.
(b) His emotion.
(c) His beauty.
(d) His physical strength.

9. What does Medea kiss as she leaves the palace to flee with Jason?
(a) Her bed.
(b) Her window.
(c) Her vanity.
(d) Her royal robes.

10. Who is the son of Thetis?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Aietes.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Jason.

11. When Medea plans to go see her sister to "test her", how many times does she pace the hall?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

12. What goddess does Medea invoke while approaching the guardian dragon?
(a) Hecate.
(b) Nemesis.
(c) Pheme.
(d) Iris.

13. How many streams flowed from the Aietes' palace doors?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

14. What does Medea say she will do after Jason finds success in his challenge and leaves her father's lands?
(a) Force him to marry her.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Hide aboard his ship.
(d) Admit all to her father and suffer the punishment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chalkiope go to Medea's room in the midst of her trying to come up with a plan to gain Medea's help for Jason?

2. What bird impales itself on the ships' sternpost?

3. What does Jason promise Medea when she offers to help him get the fleece?

4. Why does Aietes beleive that Jason has come from Hellas?

5. How many "measures" must Jason plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?

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