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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agamemnon do, that almost starts a mutiny?
(a) Pushes his men too hard with too many days of fighting in a row.
(b) Murders a disrespectful soldier.
(c) Withdraws from the fighting.
(d) Seizes his soldiers’ war prizes.

2. Which god/goddess looks out for Paris?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis.

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

4. Why does Achilles stop doing his drills when Patroclus enters?
(a) He does not want to give away secrets.
(b) No one sees him fight.
(c) He wants to teach Patroclus, now.
(d) He does not want to be seen as a god.

5. How many men does Achilles kill on his first day in battle?
(a) 24.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Achilles and Patroclus turn 16, what question does Achilles ask his mother?

2. Why does Patroclus want Achilles to claim Briseis?

3. What does Agamemnon offer Achilles, in order to fulfill the gods’ desires, and liberate the fleet to sail to Troy?

4. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?

5. Who does Thetis say must die before Achilles can be killed?

(see the answer key)

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