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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who hits the ox on the head to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?
(a) Leto.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Jason.
(d) Pytho.

4. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hera.

5. What goddess keeps Zetes and Kalias from killing the Harpies?
(a) Nyx.
(b) Aura.
(c) Iris.
(d) Athena.

6. Who else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?
(a) Aison.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Erginos.

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

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

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

10. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?
(a) Iris.
(b) Athena.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Aphrodite.

11. Who is Phineus's wife?
(a) Acnath.
(b) Dalila.
(c) Femi.
(d) Kleopatra.

12. Whose home was Gyrton?
(a) Coronos.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Cheiron.
(d) Larisa.

13. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?
(a) Hear, it is deaf.
(b) Roar.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Breathe fire.

14. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?
(a) Hercales.
(b) Argos.
(c) Jason.
(d) Leto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the men celebrate during their first night at Bebrykian?

2. What name does Phineus call Zeus by?

3. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?

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

5. What goddess does Jason ask his mother to seek guidance from (as he leaves for the Argos)?

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