The Song of Achilles Test | Final Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
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The Song of Achilles Test | Final 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. Who is the oldest of the Greeks in the fleet?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Nestor.

2. What does Achilles kill while he is talking with Patroclus about war?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A snake.
(c) A deer.
(d) A bird.

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

4. How does Agamemnon respond to Chryses’ offering?
(a) Sympathetically.
(b) Contemptuously.
(c) Patiently.
(d) Indifferently.

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

6. How does the narrative change after Patroclus’ death?
(a) It becomes third-person omniscient narration.
(b) It switches to second-person narration.
(c) Achilles takes over as narrator.
(d) It becomes third-person limited narration.

7. What does Achilles say he needs Agamemnon to do in order to fix the rift between them?
(a) Apologize to Achilles publicly.
(b) Give Achilles the first place in battle.
(c) Beg for forgiveness.
(d) Give Achilles his own weight in gold.

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

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

10. What warning does Patroclus give Agamemnon?
(a) He says that Achilles is considering turning his soldiers against Agamemnon’s.
(b) He says that the men might mutiny if war prizes are subject to being seized.
(c) He says that the warriors will leave if they do not win the war soon.
(d) He says that Achilles’ soldiers are considering withdrawing from the fighting if Briseis is not returned.

11. How does Patroclus describe his relationship with Achilles now that Achilles and Agamemnon are in conflict?
(a) He says that Achilles is his trusted companion and he must honor his wishes.
(b) He says that Achilles is a stranger to him now.
(c) He says that Achilles is half his soul.
(d) He says that Achilles is his best self.

12. How does Achilles plan to resolve the conflict with Agamemnon?
(a) He will win the war himself, and take the glory.
(b) He will challenge Agamemnon to a duel.
(c) He will kill Agamemnon.
(d) He will withdraw from the fighting.

13. 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) His weight in gold.
(c) The first position among the other kings.
(d) His daughter’s hand in marriage.

14. How long does the war drag on before the Greek soldiers get impatient and consider mutiny?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

15. Who oversees the infirmary where Patroclus finds work?
(a) Phoinix.
(b) Podalerius.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Machaon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would be Ariston Achaion if Achilles were not?

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

3. How does Patroclus kill this warrior?

4. Whose thigh does Patroclus see pierced with a spear?

5. What does Patroclus spend hours each day doing among the captives?

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