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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. What does Chryses offer Agamemnon, in return for Chriseis?
(a) Threats of evil omens.
(b) A hecatomb.
(c) The girl’s weight in gold.
(d) Twice the girl’s weight in gold.

2. Who is first in line for the distribution of war prizes?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

3. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?
(a) Oracles report evil signs among the entrails of sacrifices.
(b) The water in the rivers turns to blood.
(c) Plagues kill their men.
(d) The winds cease.

4. How many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 700.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patroclus describe the appearance of Achilles’ hair as he is announced to the Greeks in the harbor?

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

3. Which Trojan warrior does Patroclus kill?

4. How many men does Achilles kill on his first day in battle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Achilles’ answer to the situation Agamemnon and Patroclus have set up?

2. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?

3. What does Patroclus’ accomplish in his interview with Agamemnon?

4. Describe the Greeks’ arrival in Troy.

5. Why do the Greeks adopt the strategy of raiding around Troy instead of negotiating?

6. What is Patroclus’ relationship with Briseis like?

7. How does Thetis help Achilles’ renown when the Greek ships land at Aulis?

8. 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?

9. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?

10. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?

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