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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 are Patroclus' horses doing after Patroclus dies while there is a fight over his body?
(a) Running away from the battle.
(b) Standing guard over Patroclus' body
(c) Weeping over his death.
(d) Getting killed by the Trojans.

2. What gates of Troy will Paris and Apollo be waiting for Achilles at, according to Hector?
(a) The Athenian gates.
(b) The west gates.
(c) The Scaean gates.
(d) The Olympian gates.

3. What does Hermes do in the night to King Priam while he is in the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?
(a) Wakes him up to prevent his death.
(b) Delivers a message from the gods.
(c) Delievers a message from the gods in his dreams.
(d) Wakes him up to get him to return home.

4. Achilles kills so many men in the river, that he angers what god?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Siemios.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Xanthus.

5. Who must breathe strength into Hector?
(a) Ares.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fire god?

2. What do Athena and Poseidon urge Achilles to do after he has angered the river god?

3. How many men does Achilles decide to kill to avenge Patroclus?

4. Which two Greeks carry Patroclus's body out of the battlefield and to the ships after Patroclus dies?

5. Who is the first Trojan to see Achilles approach the city gates?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zeus let his attention drift from the battlefield?

2. What arguments develop upon Patroclus' death?

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

4. After Patroclus' death, what does Zeus do when he sees Patroclus' horses mourning?

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

6. Who blames the gods for the events that have taken place so far in Book 19?

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

8. What does Achilles refuse to do until he has properly buried Patroclus?

9. Why is Achilles' mother sad when she speaks to Achilles after Patroclus' death?

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

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