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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Patroclus doing in his only memory of his mother?
(a) Building a sculpture.
(b) Racing with Achilles.
(c) Skinning a goat.
(d) Skipping stones.

2. How does Achilles help Patroclus avoid punishment?
(a) He takes him to music class with him.
(b) He fights with him.
(c) He makes him do his chores.
(d) He pleads for mercy from his father.

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

4. What does Achilles teach Patroclus to do, on the first night Patroclus sleeps in his room?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Fight.
(c) Play the lyre.
(d) Juggle.

5. How long did Thetis stay with Peleus before she returned to the ocean?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thetis tell Patroclus?

2. What is Patroclus afraid of when Achilles’ father’s messengers come with trunks full of supplies?

3. What does Patroclus feel about this expectation?

4. Why does Peleus take in exiled boys?

5. What reason does Achilles give for his confidence that he will be the first happy hero?

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