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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?
(a) His face.
(b) His hair.
(c) His hand.
(d) His lips.

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

3. Where do the Mossynoikoi get their name from?
(a) The towers they build.
(b) The mountains that rise off of their land.
(c) The river that passes through their lands.
(d) The trees that grow on their lands.

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

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

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

7. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?
(a) Wise and stong men.
(b) Pillars of men.
(c) The lovers of Aphrodite.
(d) Men of old.

8. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?
(a) Jason's father is dying.
(b) Jason's mother is dying.
(c) To bid Jason farewell.
(d) A child is being born.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the heroes are on the way to Magnesian Pagasai, what does the text compare the heroes to?

2. What does Jason ask his mother to do when he leaves for the Argos?

3. Who speaks first after the Argo passes safely through the Clashing Rocks?

4. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?

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

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