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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Patroclus' horses doing after Patroclus dies while there is a fight over his body?

3. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?

4. Why does Zeus take his eyes off the battlefield after the Trojans have driven the Greeks to their ships?

5. Apollo takes what form on the battlefield?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What arguments develop upon Patroclus' death?

8. As the Trojans set fire to more Greek ships, what does Achilles do to help Patroclus and the Greeks?

9. What god does Achilles make angry in Book 21, and what does the god do in retaliation?

10. What forces Hector to withdraw from the battle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role that friendship plays in the Iliad? Which two people best demonstrate this role of friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Please pick one of the following options to write about:

1) How pride caused Hector's death.

2) How envy cause the war to being.

3) How greed caused a division in the Greek forces.

Essay Topic 3

From the story, what was the cause of the war, and what actions of men and gods caused it to go on so long? Please support your answer with at least three examples from the text.

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