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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Jason wish the crew to offer a sacrifice to before they begin their journey?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Phoibos.
(c) Athena.
(d) Poseidon.

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

4. What, upon the night of Phineus's quest tale, do the Argonauts offer as sacrifice to Apollo?
(a) 2 sheep.
(b) 1 oxen.
(c) 6 sheep.
(d) 4 oxen.

5. Who does Lykos send on with the Argonauts on their journey?
(a) Trination.
(b) Damaskas.
(c) Rietchen.
(d) Daskylos.

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

7. What goddess allows Sthenelos to watch the Agro pass before his tomb?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Aega.
(c) Hera.
(d) Castalia.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Whom had Lykos met, from the Argonauts, prior to their visit now?
(a) Hercales.
(b) Leto.
(c) Athena.
(d) Jason.

14. What happens as soon as the Argonauts make it through the Clashing Rocks?
(a) The rocks fuse together.
(b) The rocks sink into the sea.
(c) The rocks became seafoam.
(d) The rocks burst apart.

15. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Iris.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the slaves, maidservants, Jason, and his mother all gather together in his home?

2. On what coast does Jason travel to to meet the Argo?

3. Who gave the Argo the "divine plank of Dodonan"?

4. How many challenges does the son of Leto say the men will face on their journey?

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

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