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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 cuts the neck of the ox to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?
(a) Pagasai.
(b) Idas.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Ankaios.

2. What two men fought before the Agro left Hellas on its journey?
(a) Idas and Idmon.
(b) Idmon and Jason.
(c) Jason and Hercales.
(d) Ankaios and Hercales.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?

2. Which part of the ox is sacrificed, prior the Agro leaving Hellas?

3. What does Iphias kiss as Jason leaves for his journey?

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

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

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