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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. To whom did the Amazon queens have a shine built?
(a) Ares.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Hera.
(d) Athena.

2. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?
(a) Hear, it is deaf.
(b) Breathe fire.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Roar.

3. Whose "ploughland" does Aietes plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) Pan.
(b) Rhea.
(c) Ares.
(d) Tyche.

4. What name does Phineus call Zeus by?
(a) The Taker.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Evoker.
(d) The Sin Redeemer.

5. When Medea plans to go see her sister to "test her", how many times does she pace the hall?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aietes plan to do to the Argo when Jason fails at his challenge?

2. What does Medea fear so much that she decides not to kill herself on the night she agrees to help Jason?

3. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?

4. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?

5. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts they must release to make it through their first challenge after leaving him?

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