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

2. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?
(a) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Hera.

3. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) Zeus.
(d) His mother.

4. What goddess does Jason ask his mother to seek guidance from (as he leaves for the Argos)?
(a) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Hera.

5. In what art is Mopsus skilled?
(a) The art of iron.
(b) The art of sculpture.
(c) The god's art.
(d) The seer's art.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose home was Gyrton?

3. Who gave the orders for the men to all pull the Argo into the channel?

4. Who was the first person to address the crew of the Argo before it set sail?

5. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?

(see the answer key)

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