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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Achilles and Patroclus turn 16, what question does Achilles ask his mother?
(a) Whether she can see them with Chiron.
(b) When Patroclus will die.
(c) Whether Patroclus can become immortal.
(d) How he will die.

2. Where is Achilles taken when he disappears from Phthia?
(a) Scyros.
(b) Aulis.
(c) Ithaka.
(d) Pelion.

3. Who does Thetis say must die before Achilles can be killed?
(a) Hector.
(b) Sarpedon.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Patroclus

4. What does Thetis say about Odysseus’ insights?
(a) She says that she alone is in charge of how Achilles’ fame proceeds.
(b) She says that none of what Odysseus says is settled in the stars.
(c) She says that Odysseus is wrong, that Achilles can win fame in other ways.
(d) She says that if Achilles goes to Troy, he will not come back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color cloak does Achilles wear when he leaves for Troy?

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

3. How does Achilles understand divinity is accomplished?

4. How does Odysseus identify Achilles among Lycomedes’ women?

5. How does Patroclus describe his mother?

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