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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Preparation and Departure.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Demeter.
2. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) The lovers of Aphrodite.
(b) Wise and stong men.
(c) Pillars of men.
(d) Men of old.
3. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Their meat to dry.
(c) Their clothes.
(d) Their voyage logs.
4. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Hera.
(d) Athena.
5. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?
(a) Jason's mother is dying.
(b) To bid Jason farewell.
(c) Jason's father is dying.
(d) A child is being born.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?
2. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?
3. How many challenges does the son of Leto say the men will face on their journey?
4. During the sacrifice prior to leaving Hellas, what does Aison pour over the ox's sacrificial meat as it burning?
5. Who is Jason's mother?
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