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

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

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 clothes.
(d) Their voyage logs.

4. During the sacrifice prior to leaving Hellas, what does Aison pour over the ox's sacrificial meat as it burning?
(a) Oils.
(b) Sea water.
(c) Blood and wine mixture.
(d) Unmixed wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to address the crew of the Argo before it set sail?

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

3. Who rules over Eleans?

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

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

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