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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the Plain of Kirke, what hangs from the elm and willow branches?
2. On the night that Medea agrees to help Jason, to what stars do the sailors on the open see look at?
3. What is Kirke doing when the Argonauts find her?
4. To whom are the Islands of the Brygoi dedicated to?
5. Whose voice is heard by the Argonauts as they enter the Rhodanos?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Medea decide to go to Jason and flee her father's lands?
2. What does Medea do to create the drug to be used on the bulls?
3. Why does the narrator ask the Muse to tell the story of Book Four?
4. Why does Jason agree to take Medea away from her father's lands?
5. Why does Hera seek out Kypris (Aphrodite) to help Jason's quest?
6. What does Jason promise Medea after she asks him to take her with him?
7. After Jason completes Aietes's challenge, what does Aietes do?
8. What does Aietes threaten his people with after he finds out that Jason has Medea?
9. What happens that makes Aietes wary of his own family?
10. What does it take for Kypris to convince Eros to bewitch Medea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways do you think Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece was more about Jason's evolving character than the request of a king? What does Jason learn about himself? About others? Why could this be considered the more important quest?
Essay Topic 2
Many of the men fear different aspects of their journey. The men find the courage to speak about their fears. What fears do the men of the Argo have? Why do they have these fears? How do the fears of the men affect the outcome of the immediate challenge that they face?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the irony behind the fact that a blind man, Phineus, would know of the path that the Argonauts must take to obtain the Golden Fleece?
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