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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Iphigenia?
(a) Agamemnon exiles her when she refuses to marry Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon sacrifices her to Artemis.
(c) Agamemnon marries her to Achilles.
(d) Patroclus protects her from Agamemnon.

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

4. What does Patroclus accuse Odysseus of?
(a) Murder.
(b) Recklessness.
(c) Treason.
(d) Poor planning.

5. Where does the fleet sail before they go to Troy?
(a) Scyros.
(b) Aulis.
(c) Pelion.
(d) Ithaka.

6. What is Hector wearing when Achilles kills him?
(a) Helen’s ring.
(b) Priam’s crown.
(c) Patroclus’ armor.
(d) Achilles’ armor.

7. What does Achilles say Peleus told him, about how to think of the men he will fight?
(a) To respect the spirit of each one.
(b) To treat them as animals.
(c) To treat them as dust.
(d) To see the divinity in each one.

8. To what does Patroclus attribute his indifference to warfare?
(a) His excessive affection for human beings.
(b) His disgust with bloodshed.
(c) His identification with Clysonymus.
(d) His lack of skill.

9. What is the last thing Thetis says to Achilles?
(a) She says that she wants nothing to do with him.
(b) She says that she is glad Patroclus is dead.
(c) She says that Achilles’ fame has been accomplished.
(d) She says that Achilles is going to die soon.

10. Who tears down the wall around the Greeks’ ships?
(a) Priam.
(b) Sarpedon.
(c) Hector.
(d) Paris.

11. What is the cause behind the fleet’s inability to sail to Troy?
(a) Artemis’ anger.
(b) Posiedon’s anger.
(c) Zeus’ anger.
(d) Apollo’s anger.

12. How does Patroclus describe Menelaus relative to his brother Agamemnon?
(a) Simpler.
(b) Slighter.
(c) Softer.
(d) Sharper.

13. Who does Thetis say will die as a prelude to Achilles’ death?
(a) The best of the Trojans.
(b) A priest of a prominent god.
(c) The most powerful of the Trojans.
(d) The best of the Greeks.

14. After finally leaving for Troy, what does Achilles want to know about Patroclus’ childhood?
(a) What it was like to be marked as a murderer.
(b) What it was like to be a foster child.
(c) What it was like when he killed Clysonymus.
(d) What it was like to be exiled.

15. Where is Achilles and Patroclus’s camp situated?
(a) At the far end of the sandy beach.
(b) Beside Agamemnon’s in the center of the camp.
(c) Nearest the walls of Troy.
(d) At the heart of the marketplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chryses offer Agamemnon, in return for Chriseis?

2. How does Achilles keep the men from leaving?

3. Who will be the next Aristos Archaion?

4. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?

5. What warning does Patroclus give Agamemnon?

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