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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Patroclus say Briseis is different from his mother?
(a) Her peaceful temperament.
(b) Her sharp attention.
(c) Her skill in cooking.
(d) Her wariness.

2. How does Priam justify Helen’s presence in Troy?
(a) He says she came of her own will.
(b) He says that Menelaus had stolen her from the Trojans, who merely took her back.
(c) He says that she was brought by the gods.
(d) He says that she was never married to Menelaus.

3. Why does Patroclus want Achilles to claim Briseis?
(a) To have her for his bed.
(b) To perform tasks around camp.
(c) To ransom her back to her people.
(d) To protect her from Agamemnon.

4. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?
(a) Strong storms.
(b) No wind.
(c) Not enough ships.
(d) Evil omens.

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

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

7. Who is first in line for the distribution of war prizes?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

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

9. What task does Odysseus assign the men to do, to distract them from their discontentment?
(a) Prepare a feast of thanksgiving.
(b) Clear a forest for firewood.
(c) Collect the ashes of their dead and honor them.
(d) Build a wall around the ships.

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

11. What does Agamemnon offer Achilles, in order to fulfill the gods’ desires, and liberate the fleet to sail to Troy?
(a) A prominent position for Patroclus .
(b) The first position among the other kings.
(c) His daughter’s hand in marriage.
(d) His weight in gold.

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. 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. What does Patroclus spend hours each day doing among the captives?
(a) Learning about Trojan culture.
(b) Teaching them Greek.
(c) Gathering intelligence about the Trojan defenses.
(d) Doctoring their injuries.

15. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
(a) The names of the Trojan heroes.
(b) The names of the Trojan captives.
(c) The names of plants and animals.
(d) The names of the clouds and constellations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?

2. What is the last thing Thetis says to Achilles?

3. How does Patroclus describe Menelaus relative to his brother Agamemnon?

4. How do the Trojans’ successes in battle affect the Greeks’ morale?

5. How does Patroclus kill this warrior?

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