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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. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?
(a) Pellen.
(b) Aloes.
(c) Lynkeus.
(d) Kasto.

2. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) Wise and stong men.
(b) Pillars of men.
(c) Men of old.
(d) The lovers of Aphrodite.

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

4. Who rules over Eleans?
(a) Helios.
(b) Oineus.
(c) Kepheus.
(d) Augeias.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?

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