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

2. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Tiphys.
(c) Pelion.
(d) Ophion.

3. Who is given the task of guiding the rudder of the Agro?
(a) Pytho.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Aison.

4. Who was the first person that the men aboard the Argo wanted as their leader?
(a) Argos.
(b) The son of Aison.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Jason.

5. What does Iphias kiss as Jason leaves for his journey?
(a) His shield.
(b) His cheek.
(c) His hand.
(d) His elbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?

2. Who gave Akastos the cloak that he is wearing upon the Argo?

3. After the men had placed the Argo in the water, what was the first task men needed to be assigned to?

4. What animal does the son of Leto state has shown him of the "ill-omens" of the journey that the men are getting ready to embark upon?

5. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?

(see the answer key)

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