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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patroclus fight with Clysonymus over?
(a) A knife.
(b) Dice.
(c) An insult.
(d) Precious stones.

2. How does Patroclus describe Achilles’ lips?
(a) Round like lemons.
(b) Dry like almonds.
(c) Juicy like grapes.
(d) Fat like bees.

3. What nickname does Peleus give Patroclus?
(a) Snake tongue.
(b) Cat whiskers.
(c) Mouse feet.
(d) Owl eyes.

4. How old is Patroclus when he is orphaned?
(a) 13.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

5. What does Patroclus take with him when he leaves Phthia?
(a) Gold from Peleus’ stores.
(b) Only his tunic and sandals.
(c) His mother’s lyre.
(d) Food and a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patroclus describe his father?

2. Where does Patroclus see Achilles for the first time?

3. Where does Achilles’ mother live?

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

5. What is the one thing that almost keeps Patroclus from leaving Phthia?

(see the answer key)

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