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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. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?
(a) The ship's oars.
(b) Blankets made by their wives.
(c) Ox hides.
(d) Leaves.

2. What type of tree is the Argo tied to upon the shores of Bebrykian?
(a) A great oak.
(b) A redwood.
(c) A laurel tree.
(d) A cypress tree.

3. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?
(a) The Muses.
(b) Jason.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

4. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) Zeus.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what type of tree does the Golden Fleece hang?

2. 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?

3. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?

4. Whose home was Gyrton?

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

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