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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Preparation and Departure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who starts to play the lyre and sing while two men fight before the Agro leaves on its journey?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Ophion.
(c) Tiphys.
(d) Pelion.

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

4. When learning of Heracles's origins, what animal does he have in chains?
(a) A lion.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bear.
(d) A boar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hide does Argos wear as he came to meet Jason?

2. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?

3. Who does Orpheus marry?

4. To whom does Jason wish to build an alter to while the Argo is being prepared?

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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