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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. How many bulls does Jason promise to sacrifice upon a safe return to Hellas?
(a) Equal to the number of men who go on the voyage.
(b) Equal to the number of men that return.
(c) Equal to the number of men who die during the voyage.
(d) 1,000.

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

3. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Birch.
(d) Cypress.

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

5. 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?
(a) Lambs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cows.
(d) Buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what art is Mopsus skilled?

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

3. What does Jason ask his mother to do when he leaves for the Argos?

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

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

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