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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Jason and Medea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) The lovers of Aphrodite.
(b) Wise and stong men.
(c) Men of old.
(d) Pillars of men.

2. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Their voyage logs.
(c) Their meat to dry.
(d) Their clothes.

3. What animals do the Argonauts sacrifice to Apollo at Lyre?
(a) Goats.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cows.

4. From what goddess do the Amazon women descend from?
(a) Derceto.
(b) Ares.
(c) Eos.
(d) Circe.

5. How many bulls does Jason promise to sacrifice upon a safe return to Hellas?
(a) Equal to the number of men who go on the voyage.
(b) 1,000.
(c) Equal to the number of men that return.
(d) Equal to the number of men who die during the voyage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?

2. Who does Kypris say should be cursed if they cannot help the goddesses achieve success for the Argonauts?

3. Why does Chalkiope go to Medea's room in the midst of her trying to come up with a plan to gain Medea's help for Jason?

4. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?

5. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts

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