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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 700.

2. Why does Hector fight the Trojans?
(a) For fate, not fortune.
(b) For family, not fame.
(c) For fortune, not family.
(d) For fame, not fortune.

3. What color cloak is Paris clothed in?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) White.

4. What animal gives the Myrmidons their name?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Lions.
(d) Ants.

5. Whose thigh does Patroclus see pierced with a spear?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Hector.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Phoinix.

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

7. What does Achilles ask Patroclus to forgive him for?
(a) His hard-heartedness.
(b) His willingness to kill.
(c) His disobedience to Agamemnon.
(d) Wanting to know about death.

8. How does Patroclus betray Achilles?
(a) He steals Briseis back from Agamemnon.
(b) He prevents Briseis from being taken.
(c) He goes to Agamemnon to negotiate with him.
(d) He complains about him to Thetis.

9. Whose help does Thetis enlist in protecting Achilles’ honor?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Posiedon.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Artemis.

10. How does Patroclus describe the appearance of Achilles’ hair as he is announced to the Greeks in the harbor?
(a) Like a lion.
(b) Like gold.
(c) Like fire.
(d) Like silver.

11. What does Achilles do that injures Hector?
(a) Kills his wife’s brothers.
(b) Takes Hector’s sister-in-law as a captive.
(c) Insults Hector’s courage.
(d) Kills Hector’s chariot driver.

12. How long has Patroclus lived with Achilles, by the time Achilles and Agamemnon are angry at each other?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) 15 years.

13. How does Agamemnon want to start his campaign against Troy?
(a) With a siege.
(b) With battle in the plains of Troy.
(c) With negotiations.
(d) With raiding.

14. How does Achilles say he thinks of the Trojan warriors?
(a) He says that he does not think of them at all.
(b) He says that he thinks of them as dust.
(c) He says that he thinks of them as tragic human beings.
(d) He says that he thinks of them as animals.

15. Where did Achilles and Patroclus last have leisure like they have now that Achilles is not fighting?
(a) Lemnos.
(b) Phthia.
(c) Scyros.
(d) Pelion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Achilles keep the men from leaving?

2. Which god/goddess looks out for Paris?

3. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?

4. Who oversees the infirmary where Patroclus finds work?

5. What warning does Patroclus give Agamemnon?

(see the answer keys)

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