Quiz  /  Jason and the Argonauts Quiz

  • 1. 
    What are Jason and the Argonauts looking for on their voyage?

  • Golden Calf
  • Golden Fleece
  • Golden Bull
  • Golden Horn

  • 2. 
    Where do Jason and the Argonauts find the object of their quest?

  • Samos
  • Colchis
  • Naxos
  • Karpathos

  • 3. 
    In Jason’s youth, which wise centaur educated him in the forests of Mount Pelion?

  • Pholus
  • Chiron
  • Nessus
  • Nomeon

  • 4. 
    When Jason reached manhood, he participated in the celebrated hunt for what creature in Aetolia?

  • Nemean lion
  • Lernaean hydra
  • Calydonian boar
  • Aelianusean leopard

  • 5. 
    Jason is a favorite of which goddess, who helps him by guiding a great craftsman in building the ship for his voyage?

  • Athena
  • Gaea
  • Circe
  • Aphrodite

  • 6. 
    What is the name of Jason’s ship?

  • Argo
  • Salaminia
  • Apelos
  • Paralos

  • 7. 
    What terrible winged creatures sent by Zeus torment the soothsayer Phineus for his irreverence until two Argonauts chase them away?

  • Hydras
  • Lycanthropes
  • Harpies
  • Mimas

  • 8. 
    What is special about the plank of sacred wood taken from the sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona to be used in crafting Jason’s ship?

  • It has the power of transformation.
  • It has the power of seeing into the future.
  • It has the power of healing.
  • It has the power of speech.

  • 9. 
    What does Jason have to sow in a field as part of the first task to gain the treasure he’s been seeking?

  • blood of satyrs
  • claws of Mormolykeia
  • teeth of a serpent
  • scales of a griffin

  • 10. 
    For the second task to gain the treasure he’s been seeking, Jason has to fight what creatures that spring up from the ground?

  • Gorgons
  • Spartoi
  • Crocottas
  • Manticores
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