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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jason ask his mother to do when he leaves for the Argos?
(a) Offer a beast as sacrifice to the gods.
(b) Stay in the house.
(c) Sing praises to the gods.
(d) Come with him to the docks.

2. What creature was Apollo known for killing when he was a young child?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A cyclops.
(c) A minotaur.
(d) A serpent.

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the girl who keeps her flock by the marshes of Peneios?
(a) Loyos.
(b) Tresa.
(c) Kyrene.
(d) Syenthe.

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

8. From what goddess do the Amazon women descend from?
(a) Eos.
(b) Derceto.
(c) Circe.
(d) Ares.

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

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

11. What crime did Paraibious's father commit so that all of his children would be punished?
(a) He killed a nymph.
(b) He cut down a tree.
(c) He cursed Hera.
(d) He refused to sacrifice a labm to Zeus.

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

13. 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) Cows.
(b) Lambs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Buffalo.

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

15. Who do the men celebrate during their first night at Bebrykian?
(a) The Therapnaian son of Zeus.
(b) Hercales.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the bow that Apollo (the Son of Leto) carries?

2. In Mariandynoi, where does the "path which descends" lead to?

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

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

5. During the sacrifice prior to leaving Hellas, what does Aison pour over the ox's sacrificial meat as it burning?

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