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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the second duel, between Hector and Ajax, end?
(a) They shake hands as friends.
(b) Hector crushes Ajax with a rock.
(c) Ajax is wounded and withdraws.
(d) Hector is wounded and withdraws.

2. How does the duel between Menelaus and Paris end?
(a) Menelaus is wounded and retreats.
(b) Paris is whisked way by the gods.
(c) Paris is wounded and retreats.
(d) Menelaus kills Paris.

3. What does Achilles kill while he is talking with Patroclus about war?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A bird.
(c) A snake.
(d) A deer.

4. Which Trojan warrior does Patroclus kill?
(a) Hector.
(b) Priam.
(c) Sarpedon.
(d) Paris.

5. What task does Odysseus assign the men to do, to distract them from their discontentment?
(a) Clear a forest for firewood.
(b) Collect the ashes of their dead and honor them.
(c) Build a wall around the ships.
(d) Prepare a feast of thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?

2. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?

3. What warning does Patroclus give Agamemnon?

4. How does Patroclus show Briseis that he means her no harm?

5. Who tears down the wall around the Greeks’ ships?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?

2. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?

3. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?

4. Whati s Achilles’ reaction to Patroclus’ interview with Agamemnon?

5. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?

6. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.

7. Patroclus recalls Chiron saying that no man’s life is worth more than another’s. How does he settle the questions this philosophical statement raises, in light of Achilles’ conflict with Agamemnon?

8. What is Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with Hector like?

9. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?

10. Achilles visits his mother to learn more about the prophecy regarding his death. What is his response to this visit and Thetis’ news?

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