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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. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hera.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

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

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

4. Who was the first person to address the crew of the Argo before it set sail?
(a) The son of Aphrodite.
(b) The son of Argos.
(c) The son of Aison.
(d) The son of Phoibos.

5. Which part of the ox is sacrificed, prior the Agro leaving Hellas?
(a) The interanal organs.
(b) The heart.
(c) The thigh pieces.
(d) The breast pieces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?

2. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?

3. Who was the first person that the men aboard the Argo wanted as their leader?

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

5. Who is given the task of guiding the rudder of the Agro?

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