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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Agros spoke to the Argonauts about the path home, what do they see that marked the path they were to take?
(a) A radiant light.
(b) A furrow in the water.
(c) A flock of gulls.
(d) A dove in flight.

2. Why does Jason say that their hopes of returning safely to Hellas are slim?
(a) Because he is weak from the voyage.
(b) Because Zeus will not allow him to succeed.
(c) Because the challenges are very difficult.
(d) Because they must entrust women.

3. How many "measures" must Jason plow with the bronze-hoofed bulls?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. Who, as told in a reflection, did Jason carry across a flooded stream?
(a) Kypris.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. Who places a grievous fear in Medea's heart regarding her part in helping Jason succeed?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Her servant.
(d) Hera.

6. What does Jason place over the fleece to keep it safe?
(a) A robe.
(b) A blanket woven by Hera.
(c) An oxen's hide.
(d) A scarf of golden color.

7. How is Jason related to Aietes?
(a) Aietes' mother is Jason's aunt.
(b) Aietes' father is Jason's uncle.
(c) Jason's father and Aietes' father are brothers.
(d) Jason is a distant cousin of Aietes' father.

8. Which goddess causes Medea to change her mind about killing herself?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

9. Who does Jason kill in an ambush with Medea?
(a) Medea's brother.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Aietes.
(d) Typhius.

10. How many daughters does Aietes have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

11. Whose is Telamon's grandfather?
(a) Nereus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Tartarus.

12. After Jason completed his challenge, what does Aietes spend all night pondering?
(a) How to kill all of the Argonauts.
(b) How to gain back his peoples' faith.
(c) How to refuse the giving of the fleece.
(d) How to punish Medea.

13. Who is the son of Thetis?
(a) Hercales.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Aietes.
(d) Jason.

14. Who asks Athena about a possible plan to insure the Argonauts success?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hera.
(d) Demeter.

15. Who does Kypris say should be cursed if they cannot help the goddesses achieve success for the Argonauts?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Herself.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kirke doing when the Argonauts find her?

2. What does Kypris promise Eros if he shoots the daughter of Aietes with an arrow?

3. What kind of tears does Medea weep during the night after she agrees to help Jason?

4. What does Jason promise Medea when she offers to help him get the fleece?

5. What does Medea fear so much that she decides not to kill herself on the night she agrees to help Jason?

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