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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Patroclus afraid of when Achilles’ father’s messengers come with trunks full of supplies?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Criticism from Peleus.
(c) Thetis’ disapproval.
(d) Another exile.

2. What does Patroclus’ father tell him about Achilles?
(a) That he is what a Greek soldier should be.
(b) That he is what a son should be.
(c) That he is what a husband should be.
(d) That he is what a god should be.

3. How does Clysonymus die?
(a) Patroclus stabs him.
(b) He is killed by a god.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He breaks his head on a rock.

4. How long does it take before Achilles befriends Patroclus?
(a) Three days.
(b) One year.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Two months.

5. How does Deidameia compel Patroclus to make love to her?
(a) She offers to claim that Achilles’ baby is his.
(b) She seduces him with dancing and singing.
(c) She invokes his parents and recalls times when she visited his childhood home.
(d) She threatens to call the guards and say he attacked her if he does not.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patroclus say Chiron teaches?

2. What does Achilles say Peleus told him, about how to think of the men he will fight?

3. What does Patroclus take with him when he leaves Phthia?

4. How are Achilles and Patroclus expected to treat girls?

5. Who is the oldest of the Greeks in the fleet?

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