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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who helped the Argonauts escape from their enemies at sea by sending lightning flashes from the sky?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Zeus.

3. What color do the eyes of a Colchian glitter?
(a) Green.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Red.

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

5. Who is the steersman on the voyage back to Hellas?
(a) Typhios.
(b) Jason.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Ankaios.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gods does Aietes call to as Jason and the Argonauts flee from Aietes's land?

3. What animal speaks to Jason and Moposos to tell them of the plan for Jason to meet Medea?

4. On the night that Medea agrees to help Jason, to what stars do the sailors on the open see look at?

5. What does Medea cut off and leave for her mother as a memorial of her virginity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Medea do as she leaves her father's palace?

2. What does Aietes threaten his people with after he finds out that Jason has Medea?

3. Why do the Argonauts think that Jason should not protect Medea?

4. Why is Erato called Erato?

5. After Jason completes Aietes's challenge, what does Aietes do?

6. Why does Medea devise a plan to kill Apsyrtos?

7. What did Aeites have Hephaistos make for his palace?

8. What does Jason promise Medea after she asks him to take her with him?

9. Describe the four springs that flow from Aietes's palace.

10. What happens that leads Mopsos to believe that Jason will be successful in meeting Aietes's challenge?

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