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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. After Patroclus has been avenged, who appears to Achilles in a dream to remind him of his fate?
(a) Patroclus.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Hector.
(d) Apollo.

2. Who kills Hector?
(a) Athena.
(b) Demedos.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

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

5. After Patroclus is sent to the fighting by Achilles, Achilles asks what of Zeus?
(a) For no more Greek ships to be burned.
(b) For Patroclus to be unharmed.
(c) For the Greeks' success and safety.
(d) For Patroclus' success and safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Ajax carry?

2. What does Apollo forbid Hector to do when fighting Achilles after Patroclus has died?

3. What does Xanthos promise Achilles?

4. Hera injures what god?

5. Who wins the spear throwing event in the Funeral Games?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What forces Hector to withdraw from the battle?

4. What arguments develop upon Patroclus' death?

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

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

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

8. Why does Zeus allow the gods back into the battle?

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

10. What activities follow the burial of Patroclus?

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