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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what type of tree does the Golden Fleece hang?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Redwood.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

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

3. To whom did the Amazon queens have a shine built?
(a) Hera.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ares.
(d) Demeter.

4. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?
(a) Up to Olympos.
(b) A cave.
(c) Across the sea.
(d) Hell.

5. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?
(a) Hera.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Iris.
(d) Nyx.

6. Who is the father of Polyphemus?
(a) Larisa.
(b) Asterion.
(c) Cometes.
(d) Eilatus.

7. Who speaks first after the Argo passes safely through the Clashing Rocks?
(a) Tiphys.
(b) Athena.
(c) Iris.
(d) Jason.

8. Who is Jason's mother?
(a) Pagasai.
(b) Minyas.
(c) Alkimede.
(d) Boreas.

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

10. To whom does Jason wish to build an alter to while the Argo is being prepared?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

11. What goddess allows Sthenelos to watch the Agro pass before his tomb?
(a) Castalia.
(b) Hera.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Aega.

12. In what art is Mopsus skilled?
(a) The art of sculpture.
(b) The art of iron.
(c) The seer's art.
(d) The god's art.

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

14. Who tells the Argonauts of his fears regarding the journey after successfully traversing the Clashing Rocks?
(a) Tiphys.
(b) Leto.
(c) Jason.
(d) Kalpe.

15. Who volunteers to box against King Amykos?
(a) Polydeukes.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Argonauts sacrifice to cleanse Phineus?

2. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?

3. Where do the Mossynoikoi get their name from?

4. What crime did Paraibious's father commit so that all of his children would be punished?

5. Whose "fate" do the men, of the Argo, grieve about (prior to their leaving Hellas)?

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