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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Patroclus exiled to?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Thessaly.
(c) Scyros.
(d) Phthia.

3. What does Achilles say has been prophesied about his martial skills?
(a) He will amass the largest army in the Mediterranean.
(b) He will become a great teacher of soldiers.
(c) He will be second only to Hector in skill.
(d) He will be the best warrior of his generation.

4. Who does Odysseus claim as a bride?
(a) Deidameia.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

5. What is Patroclus afraid of when Achilles’ father’s messengers come with trunks full of supplies?
(a) Another exile.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Thetis’ disapproval.
(d) Criticism from Peleus.

6. What does Patroclus say is unnatural about Thetis?
(a) Her height.
(b) The sharpness of her hearing.
(c) The light in her eyes.
(d) The sound of her voice.

7. How does Deidameia compel Patroclus to make love to her?
(a) She threatens to call the guards and say he attacked her if he does not.
(b) She offers to claim that Achilles’ baby is his.
(c) She invokes his parents and recalls times when she visited his childhood home.
(d) She seduces him with dancing and singing.

8. What color cloak does Achilles wear when he leaves for Troy?
(a) Crimson.
(b) Gold.
(c) Purple.
(d) White.

9. What does Achilles suggest Patroclus might have done when he killed Clysonymus?
(a) Hide the body.
(b) Blame someone else.
(c) Run away.
(d) Lie about it.

10. How long do Achilles and Patroclus stay with Chiron?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

11. What does Patroclus’ name mean?
(a) Honor to the father.
(b) Swift feet.
(c) Eternal fame.
(d) Red-hair.

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

13. How long does it take before Achilles befriends Patroclus?
(a) Two months.
(b) One year.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Three days.

14. Where does Chiron say death comes quickest?
(a) The heart.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The liver.
(d) The temple.

15. What is Patroclus afraid of, in the moment after he and Achilles kiss?
(a) That Achilles will hate him.
(b) That Thetis will destroy him.
(c) That Peleus will kill him.
(d) That his father will disown him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of creature is Chiron?

3. How do Odysseus and Diomedes compel Achilles to come to Troy?

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

5. How does Odysseus meet Patroclus?

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