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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. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 23.
(d) 12.

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

3. What muse does the narrator ask to "stand beside" him and tell of how Jason procured the Golden Fleece?
(a) Melete.
(b) Mneme.
(c) Erato.
(d) Aoide.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Medea, during her dream, does not think that Jason is there for the fleece. What does her dream tell her he is there for?

2. Who rules over Eleans?

3. Who tells the Argonauts of his fears regarding the journey after successfully traversing the Clashing Rocks?

4. Who else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?

5. If Chalkiope's sons perish, what does she swear to do to Medea if Medea fails to keep them safe?

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