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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Achilles and Patroclus recalled to Phthia?
(a) Peleus wants them to be present for an announcement.
(b) Peleus has heard about their great love and wants to stop it.
(c) Achilles is going to be married to a wealthy king’s daughter.
(d) Achilles has been challenged in a duel.

2. What does Patroclus want to get away from when he leaves Peleus’ house?
(a) Peleus’ rage.
(b) The smell of salt water.
(c) His guilt-ridden nightmares.
(d) The other boys’ accusations.

3. Who does Peleus claim to have fought beside?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Sarpedon.
(d) Hector.

4. How does Achilles placate Deidameia?
(a) He offers to give her his weight in gold.
(b) He tells his mother he will not leave her court.
(c) He promises to claim her child as his own.
(d) He promises to make sure her name is sung with his.

5. What type of creature is Chiron?
(a) Fury.
(b) Centaur.
(c) Griffin.
(d) Harpy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Patroclus when his father takes him to declare himself as a suitor to Tyndareus’ daughter?

2. What does Patroclus’ father tell him about Achilles?

3. What is Patroclus doing in his only memory of his mother?

4. What does Patroclus fight with Clysonymus over?

5. How would you characterize Achilles’ attitude toward Patroclus?

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