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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. Where does Kypris find Eros playing with knucklebones with Ganymede?
(a) In Zeus' wheat field.
(b) In the stables.
(c) By the river.
(d) In Zeus' orchard.

2. Who fell from Helios's chariot into the waters of Eridanos?
(a) Pheme.
(b) Mania.
(c) Nereids.
(d) Phaethon.

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

4. Why does Aietes beleive that Jason has come from Hellas?
(a) To marry his queen.
(b) To steal his daughter.
(c) To gain his throne.
(d) To get the fleece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Argos tell Jason they must win over to help Jason with his challenge?

2. How is Argos related to Medea?

3. Whose priestess was Medea?

4. How is Jason related to Aietes?

5. What color do the eyes of a Colchian glitter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Jason and Medea have to go see Kirke?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the narrator ask the Muse to tell the story of Book Four?

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

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

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

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