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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is given the honor of sitting in the middle benches?
(a) Jason.
(b) Leto.
(c) Hercales.
(d) Argos.

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

3. Who else dies as the Argonauts are waiting to leave Lykos's land?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Tiphys.
(c) Aison.
(d) Erginos.

4. What animals do the Argonauts sacrifice to Apollo at Lyre?
(a) Cows.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Oxen.
(d) Goats.

5. Who is the "god of the shore"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Zeus.

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

7. How many men, from the Assyrian territory, join the Argonauts
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

9. What does the dragon, who guards the fleece, fail to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Breathe fire.
(c) Roar.
(d) Hear, it is deaf.

10. Who speaks first after the Argo passes safely through the Clashing Rocks?
(a) Tiphys.
(b) Iris.
(c) Jason.
(d) Athena.

11. For how many days do the Argonauts stay on Lykos's land?
(a) 12.
(b) 23.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

12. According to Phineus's tale, what will the Argonauts come upon first after leaving him?
(a) The Great Sea's Divide.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) The lair of the Harpies.
(d) The Dark Rocks.

13. In what art is Mopsus skilled?
(a) The art of iron.
(b) The god's art.
(c) The seer's art.
(d) The art of sculpture.

14. What goddess keeps Zetes and Kalias from killing the Harpies?
(a) Iris.
(b) Athena.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Aura.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?

2. Who steals all of Phineus's food?

3. On what type of tree does the Golden Fleece hang?

4. Whose home was Gyrton?

5. What physical attribute of Apollo's may only his mother, Leto, touch?

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