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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddess was rising as Medea fled the castle?

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

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

4. What gift do the Argonauts give to the Hylleans?

5. Who is Kirke the sister of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to ensure that the Argonauts know the path they are to take back to Hellas?

2. What does Medea ask of her maids in regard to her plan to help Jason?

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

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

5. Why does Medea decide to go to Jason and flee her father's lands?

6. What does Medea do to create the drug to be used on the bulls?

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

8. What happens that makes Aietes wary of his own family?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Apollonius of Rhodes find it necessary to give readers an in-depth description of the lineage of Greek mythology? Was this section necessary? Did it help you to understand the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Love is a major theme in the text. But here, it is not one specific love that emerges as important. The objective of this essay is to examine the different types of love as seen in the text. What are at least three different types of love? What are the characteristics of the love? What is the outcome of the love?

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