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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Patroclus threatened with punishment at Peleus’ house?
(a) For insulting his fellow students.
(b) For skipping class.
(c) For stealing.
(d) For talking to Achilles.

2. How long do Achilles and Patroclus stay with Chiron?
(a) One year.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

3. What does Agamemnon offer Achilles, in order to fulfill the gods’ desires, and liberate the fleet to sail to Troy?
(a) A prominent position for Patroclus .
(b) His daughter’s hand in marriage.
(c) The first position among the other kings.
(d) His weight in gold.

4. What is the cause behind the fleet’s inability to sail to Troy?
(a) Artemis’ anger.
(b) Apollo’s anger.
(c) Zeus’ anger.
(d) Posiedon’s anger.

5. Who does Tyndareus’ daughter choose as a husband?
(a) Patroclus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?

2. Where does Achilles’ mother live?

3. How does Achilles surprise Patroclus when they return to Phthia?

4. Why do kings send their daughters to Lycomedes?

5. What does Patroclus father offer Tyndareus for his daughter’s hand?

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