The Song of Achilles Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
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The Song of Achilles Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do kings send their daughters to Lycomedes?
(a) For protection.
(b) For fostering.
(c) For punishment.
(d) For education.

2. Where does Achilles’ mother live?
(a) Scyros.
(b) Mt. Olympus.
(c) Under the sea.
(d) Phthia.

3. What are Deidameia’s women famous for?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Singing.
(d) Weaving.

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

5. How does Odysseus meet Patroclus?
(a) He lets himself into Patroclus’ room.
(b) They watch Lycomedes’ women perform.
(c) He greets him at a feast.
(d) He finds him at the seashore where he is racing with Achilles.

6. What other hero has Chiron taught?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Jason.
(d) Theseus.

7. How does Achilles treat Deidameia?
(a) He shows great devotion to her.
(b) He fawns over her.
(c) He ignores her utterly.
(d) He flirts with her attention.

8. How does Clysonymus die?
(a) He breaks his head on a rock.
(b) He is killed by a god.
(c) He drowns.
(d) Patroclus stabs him.

9. What does Chiron give Achilles as a gift for his expedition to Troy?
(a) A sword.
(b) Healing instruments.
(c) A lyre.
(d) A spear.

10. How old is Patroclus when his father takes him to declare himself as a suitor to Tyndareus’ daughter?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

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

13. Why are Achilles and Patroclus recalled to Phthia?
(a) Achilles is going to be married to a wealthy king’s daughter.
(b) Peleus wants them to be present for an announcement.
(c) Peleus has heard about their great love and wants to stop it.
(d) Achilles has been challenged in a duel.

14. What is Patroclus’ response when Chiron asks him whether he wants to learn to be a soldier?
(a) He agrees to the training.
(b) He says no.
(c) He says he wants to confer with his father.
(d) He says he will do whatever Achilles does.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Achilles placate Deidameia?

3. What does Thetis tell Patroclus?

4. How does Peleus respond when Achilles says that he does not expect to be convinced to fight?

5. How does Thetis change Achilles’ appearance when he returns to Phthia?

(see the answer keys)

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