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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the people who came to make alliances with the Argonauts since they had beaten the Bebrykians?
(a) Scions.
(b) Dientiertes.
(c) Mariandynoi.
(d) Lynkoneroes.

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

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

5. To whose sons does Lykos build a shine to on the Acherousian headlands?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Jason and the Argonauts.
(c) The sons of Tyndareos.
(d) Hercales.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?

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

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

4. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?

5. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pelias devise a challenge for Jason?

2. Why is the land where Sthenelos's tomb resides called "Lyre"?

3. What do the Argonauts do before they leave Phineus?

4. What happens to make the Harpies go away and leave Phineus alone forever?

5. Why does Jason tell his mother not to grieve?

6. What does Idmon tell the Argonauts prior to them leaving on their voyage?

7. Why are the Argonauts chosen to sail with Jason?

8. What does Hypsipyle do to save her father from being murdered by the Leminan women?

9. Why have the women of Sintian killed the entire male population of the island?

10. What is the history of Orpheus?

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