Chapter 24 Questions

Question 1

What is another term for the Argonauts? 
A. the Epigoni 
B. the Men of Aea 
C. the Minyae 
D. the Spartoi

Answer 1

C. the Minyae (614)

Question 2

What does the name Aea mean? 
A. "land" 
B. "sea" 
C. "ship" 
D. "hero"

Answer 2

A. “land” (614)

Question 3

With whom did Polydeuces have to compete in a boxing match? 
A. Phineus 
B. Zetes 
C. Talus 
D. Amycus

Answer 3

D. Amycus (618)

Question 4

Who was the queen of the Lemnian women?
 A. Hippolyta 
B. Chalciope 
C. Hypsipyle 
D. Antiope

Answer 4

C. Hypsipyle (618)

Question 5

What poet gives the earliest continuous account of the capture of the fleece and the return journey? 
A. Pindar 
B. Homer 
C. Bacchylides 
D. Hesiod

Answer 5

A. Pindar (616)

Question 6

Who mated with Poseidon and gave birth to Pelias?
A. Phthia 
B. Tyro 
C. Dia 
D. Hermione

Answer 6

B. Tyro (615)

Question 7

The name of Nephele, the mother of Phrixus and Helle, means 
A. daughter of Zeus 
B. nymph 
C. cloud 
D. fast runner

Answer 7

C. Cloud (615)

Question 8

The name of the king of Colchis who was given care of the golden fleece was: 
A. Phrixus 
B. Aeëtes 
C. Argus 
D. Athamas

Answer 8

B. Aeëtes (619)

Question 9

Who usurped the throne from Jason's father, the rightful heir? 
A. Aeson 
B. Athamas 
C. Iolcus 
D. Pelias

Answer 9

D. Pelias (615)

Question 10

Jason was educated by: 
A. Chiron 
B. Pelias 
C. Heracles 
D. Hylas

Answer 10

A. Chiron (615)

Question 11

How was Jason recognized by the illegitimate king?
A. He was wearing one sandal.
B. He wore the family coat of arms.
C. He resembled his father.
D. He wore a ring left with him as a baby.

Answer 11

A. He was wearing one sandal. (615)

Question 12

What deity helped Argus build the Argo? 
A. Hera 
B. Hermes 
C. Athena 
D. Apollo

Answer 12

C. Athena (616)

Question 13

King Cyzicus and the Doliones: 
A. tried to deceive Jason 
B. pursued Jason all the way back to Iolcus 
C. treated Jason hospitably 
D. were cannibals

Answer 13

C. treated Jason hospitably (618)

Question 14

The golden fleece was guarded by a: 
A. group of snarling dogs 
B. man-eating boar 
C. serpent 
D. group of Amazons

Answer 14

C. Serpent (620)

Question 15

When Jason arrived to get the Golden Fleece, the king:
A. assigned him a series of impossible tasks
B. tried to poison him
C. gave him the Folden Fleece
D. tried to arrange for him to marry his daughter

Answer 15

A. assigned him a series of impossible tasks (619)

Question 16

On their return journey, the Argonauts encountered on Crete a bronze giant named: 
A. Thoas 
B. Talus 
C. Cyzicus 
D. Creon

Answer 16

B. Talus (623)

Question 17

The blind prophet Phineus was tormented by: 
A. the Gorgons 
B. the Furies 
C. the Chimaera 
D. the Harpies

Answer 17

D. the Harpies (619)

Question 18

What advice did Phineus give to Jason?
A. to sail quickly past Scylla and Charybdis
B. to release a dove and see if it passed through the Symplegades
C. to visit the Graeae and receive divine armor
D. to offer a sacrifice to Poseidon

Answer 18

B. to release a dove and see if it passed through the Symplegades (619)

Question 19

Medea took vengeance on King Pelias by:
A. cutting up his son and feeding him to the king
B. giving him a poisoned cloak which consumed him in flames
C. tricking his daughters into cutting him up and boiling him
D. concealing a poisoned snake on his throne

Answer 19

C. tricking his daughters into cutting him up and boiling him (624)

Question 20

Who wrote the Greek tragedy Medea? 
A. Sophocles 
B. Apollonius 
C. Aeschylus 
D. Euripides

Answer 20

D. Euripides (625)

Question 21

In which city did Medea seek refuge after the murder of Glauce? 
A. Athens 
B. Iolcus 
C. Corinth 
D. Thebes

Answer 21

A. Athens (626)