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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who devises a plan regarding the continuation of the voyage after the battle with the Colchians?
(a) Aiakos.
(b) Jason.
(c) Peleus.
(d) Medea.

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

3. Who does Hera tell to blow a Zephyr wind to help the Argonauts to reach Alkinoos?
(a) Eurus.
(b) Aether.
(c) Boreas.
(d) Aiolos.

4. After Agros spoke to the Argonauts about the path home, what do they see that marked the path they were to take?
(a) A flock of gulls.
(b) A dove in flight.
(c) A radiant light.
(d) A furrow in the water.

5. What gift do the Argonauts give to the Hylleans?
(a) A robe of gold.
(b) A barrel of sought after wine.
(c) A supply of fresh-water fish.
(d) A tripod of Apollo.

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

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

8. How many "measures" must Jason plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

9. At the "first glow of dawn", what does Medea place on her head as she goes to meet Jason for the first time?
(a) A black scarf.
(b) A royal-blue veil.
(c) A silver-white veil.
(d) A red scarf.

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

11. Who does Jason kill in an ambush with Medea?
(a) Typhius.
(b) Aietes.
(c) Medea's brother.
(d) Hercules.

12. What happens to the women of the Plain of Kirke when they die?
(a) They buried in the earth.
(b) They are placed in a sacrifical tomb to Zeus.
(c) They are put on boats and put out to sea.
(d) They are cremated.

13. Who protects Jason and the others as they walk to Aietes' palace?
(a) Hera.
(b) Athena.
(c) Bia.
(d) Hestia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the steersman on the voyage back to Hellas?

2. Who is the son of Thetis?

3. 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?

4. What is Kirke doing when the Argonauts find her?

5. Who is Kirke the sister of?

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