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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?
(a) The Muses.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Hera.
(d) Jason.

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

3. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?
(a) Athena.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

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

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

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

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

8. As darkness brought on the first night at Bebrykian, what sounds kept many from sleeping?
(a) The cries of the burn victims.
(b) The cries of the gulls.
(c) The cries of the widows.
(d) The cries of the Queen.

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

10. Who cuts the neck of the ox to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?
(a) Pagasai.
(b) Idas.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Ankaios.

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

12. 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) Cows.
(c) Birds.
(d) Buffalo.

13. Who was the first person to address the crew of the Argo before it set sail?
(a) The son of Aphrodite.
(b) The son of Argos.
(c) The son of Aison.
(d) The son of Phoibos.

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

15. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Their meat to dry.
(c) Their voyage logs.
(d) Their clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?

2. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts

3. What goddess keeps Zetes and Kalias from killing the Harpies?

4. What creature was Apollo known for killing when he was a young child?

5. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?

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