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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hera.
(c) Iris.
(d) Nyx.

2. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?
(a) Xanthos.
(b) Pagasai.
(c) Lykia.
(d) Pytho.

3. Who is Phineus's father?
(a) Leto.
(b) Zetes.
(c) Thyias.
(d) Agenor.

4. What creature was Apollo known for killing when he was a young child?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A minotaur.
(c) A cyclops.
(d) A dragon.

5. Who do the men celebrate during their first night at Bebrykian?
(a) Hercales.
(b) The Therapnaian son of Zeus.
(c) Jason.
(d) Zeus.

6. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their clothes.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Their meat to dry.
(d) Their voyage logs.

7. To whom does Jason wish to build an alter to while the Argo is being prepared?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Poseidon.

8. Who volunteers to box against King Amykos?
(a) Tiphys.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Polydeukes.
(d) Jason.

9. Whose home was Gyrton?
(a) Cheiron.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Coronos.
(d) Larisa.

10. Who does Lykos send on with the Argonauts on their journey?
(a) Daskylos.
(b) Trination.
(c) Rietchen.
(d) Damaskas.

11. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?
(a) Pytho.
(b) Idmon.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Ankaios.

12. From what goddess do the Amazon women descend from?
(a) Derceto.
(b) Circe.
(c) Ares.
(d) Eos.

13. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?
(a) 12.
(b) 23.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

14. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Blankets made by their wives.
(c) Ox hides.
(d) The ship's oars.

15. Who is the father of Polyphemus?
(a) Cometes.
(b) Asterion.
(c) Larisa.
(d) Eilatus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jason's mother?

2. To whose sons does Lykos build a shine to on the Acherousian headlands?

3. For how many days do the Argonauts mourn the death of their fellow sailor (the one who perishes from a boar attack)?

4. Who gave the Argo the "divine plank of Dodonan"?

5. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?

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