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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Onward to Colchis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?
(a) Pellen.
(b) Lynkeus.
(c) Aloes.
(d) Kasto.

2. What do the Argonauts sacrifice to cleanse Phineus?
(a) A goat.
(b) A dove.
(c) An ox.
(d) A sheep.

3. Who cuts the neck of the ox to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?
(a) Tiphys.
(b) Idas.
(c) Ankaios.
(d) Pagasai.

4. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?
(a) Lion.
(b) Elk.
(c) Bull.
(d) Bear.

5. Where do the Mossynoikoi get their name from?
(a) The towers they build.
(b) The trees that grow on their lands.
(c) The river that passes through their lands.
(d) The mountains that rise off of their land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?

2. Which part of the ox is sacrificed, prior the Agro leaving Hellas?

3. In Mariandynoi, where does the "path which descends" lead to?

4. When the heroes are to arrive at Aietes palace, what does the narrator say they will do if Pelias does not give them the fleece?

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

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