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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four: Homeward Bound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Medea step out onto from the Argo as she comes to the place where the fleece is?
(a) "The Ram's Bed."
(b) "Zeus' Bed."
(c) "The Bull's Bed."
(d) "Aiolos' Bed."

2. Where does Kypris find Eros playing with knucklebones with Ganymede?
(a) By the river.
(b) In Zeus' wheat field.
(c) In the stables.
(d) In Zeus' orchard.

3. What are Kirke's beasts made of?
(a) Wings of falcons and legs of lions.
(b) Torsos of men with legs of lions and heads of bears.
(c) Jumbled limbs.
(d) The hearts and eyes of murdered men.

4. Who does Argos say lived before the moon and ate acorns from the mountains?
(a) Hera.
(b) Arkadians.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hecate.

5. What, upon the night of Phineus's quest tale, do the Argonauts offer as sacrifice to Apollo?
(a) 6 sheep.
(b) 4 oxen.
(c) 1 oxen.
(d) 2 sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who volunteers to box against King Amykos?

2. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?

3. Whose home was Gyrton?

4. Why does Aietes beleive that Jason has come from Hellas?

5. Who is Phineus's father?

(see the answer key)

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