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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. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?
(a) Birch.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

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

3. How many bulls does Jason promise to sacrifice upon a safe return to Hellas?
(a) Equal to the number of men who go on the voyage.
(b) Equal to the number of men that return.
(c) Equal to the number of men who die during the voyage.
(d) 1,000.

4. Who gave the Argo the "divine plank of Dodonan"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Posiedon.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. According to Book I, who has the sharpest mind of any mortal?
(a) Lynkeus.
(b) Aloes.
(c) Kasto.
(d) Pellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Polyphemus?

2. Who was the first person that the men aboard the Argo wanted as their leader?

3. What items do the men, while preparing to ready the Argo, lay out on a rock?

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

5. Who does Jason wish the crew to offer a sacrifice to before they begin their journey?

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