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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Agamemnon respond to Chryses’ offering?
(a) Contemptuously.
(b) Sympathetically.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Patiently.

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

3. After finally leaving for Troy, what does Achilles want to know about Patroclus’ childhood?
(a) What it was like to be marked as a murderer.
(b) What it was like when he killed Clysonymus.
(c) What it was like to be exiled.
(d) What it was like to be a foster child.

4. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?
(a) Strong storms.
(b) Not enough ships.
(c) No wind.
(d) Evil omens.

5. How does Patroclus describe his anger at Achilles for allowing Briseis to be taken?
(a) He says that Achilles has betrayed himself.
(b) He says that Achilles is mad with rage at Agamemnon.
(c) He says that Achilles is possessed by an evil spirit.
(d) He says that he does not know this man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Achilles excuse Patroclus from the oath he swore?

2. What happens to Iphigenia?

3. Whose help does Thetis enlist in protecting Achilles’ honor?

4. How does Patroclus learn to discern Thetis’ visits?

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

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