View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies as the result of a boar attack while leaving from Lykos's lands?

2. From what goddess do the Amazon women descend from?

3. How many challenges does the son of Leto say the men will face on their journey?

4. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?

5. From what weapon's wound does Sthenelos die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What song does Orpheus sing to stop Idmon and Idas from fighting?

2. What is the history of Orpheus?

3. Why is the ship the Argo so special?

4. What does Polyzo propose to the Leminan women about the Argonauts?

5. Why are the Argonauts chosen to sail with Jason?

6. Why does Zetes question Phineus about the Argonauts' involvement with the prophecy?

7. Why does Hercales tell the Argonauts that they must continue upon their journey and leave the Leminan women?

8. Why are the Leminan women going to welcome the Argonauts on their island?

9. What does Idmon tell the Argonauts prior to them leaving on their voyage?

10. Who do the Argonauts first choose as their leader and what does that man say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In may circumstances throughout the text, readers can see the gods as cruel. Do you think that the actions of the gods were cruel? Choose three different actions made by the gods and deem the either cruel or just.

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice is another major theme in the story of Jason and the golden fleece. Find at least three examples where a sacrifice was made, explain why the sacrifice was important, and the outcome of the sacrifice. (Sacrifice here is speaking to personal sacrifice, not a sacrifice made to the gods.)

Essay Topic 3

Explain the irony behind the fact that a blind man, Phineus, would know of the path that the Argonauts must take to obtain the Golden Fleece?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 656 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample