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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 Thetis advise Achilles to do?
(a) Wear his new armor into battle.
(b) Fight hard with strength.
(c) Make up with Agamemnon.
(d) Pray to the gods for help.

2. Who wins the armor of Achilles?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Hector.

3. Who is the fire god?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Mars.
(d) Zeus.

4. How long does Achilles hold the Greek army back so Priam can bury Hector?
(a) Nine days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) Eleven days.

5. Patroclus tells Hector that Hector gained victory because?
(a) Apollo gave it to him.
(b) The gods gave it to him.
(c) Zeus gave it to him.
(d) Zeus and Apollo gave it to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Apollo make Achilles chase him all over the plain?

2. After Hector has died, and is being dragged behind Achilles' chariot, who utters a lament for Hector?

3. After Agamemnon offers gifts in repentance to Achilles, where does Achilles tell Agamemnon their attention should be?

4. Who delivers the news of Patroclus' death to Achilles?

5. Patroclus wears what that belongs to Achilles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Achilles' new understanding of suffering in Book 24?

2. What are the gods doing in Book 21 while the mortals are fighting a battle?

3. What is Agamemnon's state of mind in Book 14, and what is his suggestion?

4. After Patroclus' death, why is Achilles feeling guilty?

5. What is the goal of Zeus' plan, as he tells it to Hera?

6. Why does pride contribute to Hector's death?

7. What gift does Achilles' mother bring him before he goes to fight?

8. What does Thetis tell Achilles when she is sent with a message from the gods?

9. How is Patroclus killed?

10. What does Hector tell Achilles with his last words?

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