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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) Demeter.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

2. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?
(a) A boar.
(b) A bear.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A lion.

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

4. Who gave the Argo the "divine plank of Dodonan"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Posiedon.
(d) Demeter.

5. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?
(a) Hercales.
(b) Argos.
(c) Leto.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Jason wish to build an alter to while the Argo is being prepared?

2. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?

3. Whose home was Gyrton?

4. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?

5. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?

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