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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. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?
(a) Iris.
(b) Nyx.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

2. What two men fought before the Agro left Hellas on its journey?
(a) Jason and Hercales.
(b) Idas and Idmon.
(c) Ankaios and Hercales.
(d) Idmon and Jason.

3. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their meat to dry.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Their voyage logs.
(d) Their clothes.

4. What inanimate object aboard the Argos speaks with a human voice telling them of their punishment for killing Apsyrtos?
(a) The steering wheel.
(b) An oar.
(c) The mast.
(d) The sails.

5. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?
(a) One shoe.
(b) A vest of gold.
(c) A blood-stained robe.
(d) A crown of olive leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose sons does Lykos build a shine to on the Acherousian headlands?

2. What herb does Medea use on the dragon?

3. Who is the "god of the shore"?

4. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?

5. Who helped the Argonauts escape from their enemies at sea by sending lightning flashes from the sky?

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