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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times does Medea call out to Phrontis?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. Whose voice is heard by the Argonauts as they enter the Rhodanos?
(a) Hera's.
(b) Athena's.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Poseidon's.

4. What does Kypris promise Eros if he shoots the daughter of Aietes with an arrow?
(a) Zeus' ball.
(b) A kindgom of his own.
(c) A bride.
(d) A child to play with.

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

6. After Jason completed his challenge, what does Aietes spend all night pondering?
(a) How to refuse the giving of the fleece.
(b) How to gain back his peoples' faith.
(c) How to kill all of the Argonauts.
(d) How to punish Medea.

7. Who does Hera bid to come see her from the sea after Jason and Medea leave Kirke's home?
(a) Athena.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Aphrodite.

8. What god devises a "plan" to cleanse the Argonauts of the "blood of the murder" that they carry after killing Apsyrtos?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hera.
(d) Athena.

9. Who does Kypris say should be cursed if they cannot help the goddesses achieve success for the Argonauts?
(a) Hera.
(b) Herself.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

10. Who did Hera give Thetis as a husband?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Thesus.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Peleus.

11. Who does Argos tell Jason they must win over to help Jason with his challenge?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aietes.
(d) Medea.

12. Medea, during her dream, does not think that Jason is there for the fleece. What does her dream tell her he is there for?
(a) To kill her father.
(b) To steal the bulls.
(c) To overthrow her father.
(d) To marry her.

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

14. How many daughters does Aietes have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. What does Medea say she will do to the bulls of the challenge?
(a) Lead them for Jason.
(b) Drug them.
(c) Feed them heavily so they are too tired to fight.
(d) Blind them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hera ask to watch for Medea and Jason's leave from Kirke's house?

2. What does Aietes bury in the furrows that he plows with the bronze-hoofed bulls?

3. Whose is Telamon's grandfather?

4. On the island of Aithalia, what objects do the Argonauts use to wipe their sweat?

5. Why does Jason say that their hopes of returning safely to Hellas are slim?

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