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

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

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

4. 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 red scarf.
(b) A silver-white veil.
(c) A royal-blue veil.
(d) A black scarf.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As soon as Argos finished telling the Argonauts of his plans to help Jason to succeed, what bird flew into his lap?

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

4. What does Jason place over the fleece to keep it safe?

5. Who, as told in a reflection, did Jason carry across a flooded stream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Medea normally do during the day?

2. Why does Hera seek out Kypris (Aphrodite) to help Jason's quest?

3. How does Hera convince Thetis to help the Argonauts?

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

5. What plan does Argos have to insure that Jason succeeds at Aietes's challenge?

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

7. What does it take for Kypris to convince Eros to bewitch Medea?

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

9. Why does Jason agree to take Medea away from her father's lands?

10. What challenge does Aietes pose to Jason in exchange for the Golden Fleece?

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