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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Achilles say Peleus told him, about how to think of the men he will fight?
(a) To treat them as dust.
(b) To respect the spirit of each one.
(c) To treat them as animals.
(d) To see the divinity in each one.

2. How does Patroclus describe the appearance of Achilles’ hair as he is announced to the Greeks in the harbor?
(a) Like fire.
(b) Like gold.
(c) Like a lion.
(d) Like silver.

3. What announcement does Peleus make to the gathered company upon Achilles and Patroclus' return?
(a) The coming marriage of Achilles .
(b) The coming-of-age of his daughters.
(c) The war in Mycenae.
(d) The advent of a plague on his people’s crops.

4. What distinction does Peleus offer Achilles?
(a) Two more years to learn from Chiron in Pelion.
(b) Leadership of the Phthian war party.
(c) Safe haven in Phthia during the war.
(d) Leadership of the Greek war party.

5. What does Achilles ask Patroclus to forgive him for?
(a) His willingness to kill.
(b) His hard-heartedness.
(c) His disobedience to Agamemnon.
(d) Wanting to know about death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agamemnon offer Achilles, in order to fulfill the gods’ desires, and liberate the fleet to sail to Troy?

2. Where does Chiron say death comes quickest?

3. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?

4. How does Patroclus describe his anger at Achilles for allowing Briseis to be taken?

5. How would you characterize the dynamic between Achilles and Patroclus?

(see the answer key)

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