View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who places a grievous fear in Medea's heart regarding her part in helping Jason succeed?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Her servant.

2. What are Kirke's beasts made of?
(a) Wings of falcons and legs of lions.
(b) The hearts and eyes of murdered men.
(c) Torsos of men with legs of lions and heads of bears.
(d) Jumbled limbs.

3. What does Medea cut off and leave for her mother as a memorial of her virginity?
(a) Her chastity belt.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) Her chastity ring.
(d) Her garder.

4. Who does the narrator ask to reveal the thoughts of Medea at the opening of Book Four?
(a) A Muse.
(b) A nymph.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. What kind of tears does Medea weep during the night after she agrees to help Jason?
(a) Tears of pity.
(b) Tears of dishonor.
(c) Tears of joy.
(d) Tears of fear.

6. 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 marry her.
(b) To steal the bulls.
(c) To kill her father.
(d) To overthrow her father.

7. 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.

8. Whose is Telamon's grandfather?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Tartarus.
(d) Nereus.

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

10. What animal speaks to Jason and Moposos to tell them of the plan for Jason to meet Medea?
(a) A crow.
(b) A bull.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A dove.

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

12. Whose palace does Athena go to to ask for help for Jason's quest?
(a) Urania.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Kypris.
(d) Posedion.

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

14. How is Jason related to Aietes?
(a) Jason's father and Aietes' father are brothers.
(b) Jason is a distant cousin of Aietes' father.
(c) Aietes' father is Jason's uncle.
(d) Aietes' mother is Jason's aunt.

15. What gift does the Argonauts send to Apsyrtos, as part of their plan to deceive him?
(a) An arrow from Eros.
(b) The shoes of Hermes.
(c) The holy, purple robe of Hypsipyle.
(d) A lightning bolt from Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Argos say lived before the moon and ate acorns from the mountains?

3. How is Argos related to Medea?

4. What does Medea say she will do to the bulls of the challenge?

5. Who does Mopsos tell the Argonauts to "call upon" for help to insure that they will all return safely home?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 521 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample