Jason Interactive Reading Questions

Jason Interactive Reading

Directions: Read the story of the “Quest of the Golden Fleece” stopping to write responses to the following questions as you are reading. Page numbers are provided for the big book, so it might be easiest to make up the assignment using on of those.

159- Title: What associations do you have with the words
• Fleece
• Golden
• Quest

160- The line “sailors…had to face what dangers” is an example of what literary device?

160- Pause after “was afraid of her two children, especially the boy” Why does Nephele fear for Phrixus?

160- What dilemma does the king face?

161- The Hellespont gets its name from this story. What other stories provide examples of geographical names?

161- Stop at the break on page 161. What has been the purpose of the story so far?

161- Stop after “In due time one such man came to the land.” Who do you predict this man will be?

162- What does Jason’s physical description emphasize?

162- What do we find out about Jason’s character/personality?

163- What is the importance of Hercules leaving? How would the story have been different if Hercules stayed around?

164-Summarize the encounter with the harpies.

167- Summarize the encounter with the clashing rocks.

168- Predict: How will the king’s daughter falling in love with Jason help him?

169- What does abashed likely mean in “amazed and abashed, she stole back to her chamber”? (Use context and/or word components)

170- What literary device is used in the paragraph starting with “returned to the ship” that is when we know something that Jason doesn’t.

171- What literary devices do we see in the sentences beginning with “they stood face to face?...”