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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many challenges does the son of Leto say the men will face on their journey?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) One.
(c) A numberless amount.
(d) One hundred.

2. What do the sailors, of the Argo, lay on the sand to rest prior to their leaving Hellas?
(a) Blankets made by their wives.
(b) Ox hides.
(c) The ship's oars.
(d) Leaves.

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

4. What wish does Phineus ask of the gods after he finishes the tale of the Argonauts journey?
(a) Death.
(b) Sight.
(c) A blessing.
(d) A full stomach.

5. What is the name of the mortal that both Zeus and Apollo fail to "deflower"?
(a) Bronzerte.
(b) Sinope.
(c) Carynthe.
(d) Darimerte.

6. After leaving Bebrykian, upon what shores do the Argonauts land?
(a) Thynian.
(b) Crossetuer.
(c) Syndor.
(d) Matachian.

7. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

8. Whom had Lykos met, from the Argonauts, prior to their visit now?
(a) Athena.
(b) Jason.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Leto.

9. What do the Argonauts sacrifice to cleanse Phineus?
(a) An ox.
(b) A goat.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A dove.

10. 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) Buffalo.
(d) Cows.

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

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

13. To whom does Phineus lose his eyesight to?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Jason.

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

15. From what weapon's wound does Sthenelos die?
(a) A Harpie's claws.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A sword.
(d) An arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jason prays for the safe passage and return of the Argo, what does he throw?

2. Where do the Mossynoikoi get their name from?

3. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?

4. Who dies as the result of a boar attack while leaving from Lykos's lands?

5. What is the name of the people who came to make alliances with the Argonauts since they had beaten the Bebrykians?

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