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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. What is the name of the girl who keeps her flock by the marshes of Peneios?
(a) Kyrene.
(b) Loyos.
(c) Syenthe.
(d) Tresa.

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

3. Who, as told in a reflection, did Jason carry across a flooded stream?
(a) Hera.
(b) Kypris.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

4. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?
(a) The rocks.
(b) The reefs.
(c) The sea vines.
(d) The Sirens.

5. How many challenges does the son of Leto say the men will face on their journey?
(a) A numberless amount.
(b) One.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?

2. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?

3. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?

4. In the Plain of Kirke, what hangs from the elm and willow branches?

5. How many bulls does Jason promise to sacrifice upon a safe return to Hellas?

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