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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Phineus's father?
(a) Agenor.
(b) Thyias.
(c) Leto.
(d) Zetes.

2. Who cuts the neck of the ox to prepare it for sacrifice before the Argo leaves Hellas?
(a) Ankaios.
(b) Tiphys.
(c) Pagasai.
(d) Idas.

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

4. What does Phineus tell the Argonauts to avoid as they proceed to Bithynians?
(a) The rocks.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) The sea vines.
(d) The reefs.

5. As darkness brought on the first night at Bebrykian, what sounds kept many from sleeping?
(a) The cries of the burn victims.
(b) The cries of the gulls.
(c) The cries of the Queen.
(d) The cries of the widows.

6. Who is Phineus's wife?
(a) Dalila.
(b) Femi.
(c) Kleopatra.
(d) Acnath.

7. Upon which goddess does the success of the Argonauts journey depend?
(a) Iris.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Hera.

8. Who is the father of Polyphemus?
(a) Eilatus.
(b) Asterion.
(c) Larisa.
(d) Cometes.

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

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

11. To where do the Harpies retire to after being banished from the Floating Islands?
(a) Hell.
(b) Across the sea.
(c) Up to Olympos.
(d) A cave.

12. Who is Jason's mother?
(a) Pagasai.
(b) Boreas.
(c) Minyas.
(d) Alkimede.

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

14. To whom did the Amazon queens have a shine built?
(a) Ares.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who keeps her flock by the marshes of Peneios?

2. Who is the "god of the shore"?

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

4. After Jason prays for the safe passage and return of the Argo, what does he throw?

5. Which goddess leapt onto a cloud as the Argo departed from Phineus's land?

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