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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 his wife’s brothers.
(b) Insults Hector’s courage.
(c) Kills Hector’s chariot driver.
(d) Takes Hector’s sister-in-law as a captive.

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

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

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

5. How does the second duel, between Hector and Ajax, end?
(a) Hector is wounded and withdraws.
(b) Hector crushes Ajax with a rock.
(c) Ajax is wounded and withdraws.
(d) They shake hands as friends.

6. What does Patroclus promise Achilles as he rides into battle?
(a) Not to fight.
(b) To kill as many Trojans as possible.
(c) To embarrass Agamemnon with his loyalty to Achilles.
(d) To rally the troops against Agamemnon.

7. Why is Patroclus nervous when Achilles talks to Thetis?
(a) He is afraid that Thetis will tell of Patroclus’ death.
(b) He is afraid of news of Achilles’ impending death.
(c) He dreads that she will bring news of more deaths and bloodshed.
(d) He knows what she will say but does not want to admit it.

8. How do the Trojans’ successes in battle affect the Greeks’ morale?
(a) They turn against Agamemnon.
(b) They rally against the Trojans.
(c) They turn against Achilles.
(d) Their losses pile up as they become dejected.

9. What do Achilles and Patroclus say about Hector, to reassure themselves of Achilles’ relative safety?
(a) That Hector is too cowardly to show himself in battle.
(b) That Hector has not done anything to them.
(c) That Hector is too strong to be killed .
(d) That Hector does not know who Achilles is, yet..

10. How does Patroclus describe Agamemnon?
(a) Sly and wily.
(b) Fragile and thin.
(c) Solid and sharp.
(d) Wiry and agile.

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

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

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

14. What is Thetis afraid of?
(a) That Patroclus will keep Achilles from winning his glory.
(b) That there is more to the prophecy than she knows.
(c) That someone else will kill Hector.
(d) That Achilles will not win all his family before he dies.

15. Why is it unlawful for Agamemnon to claim Chriseis as a war prize?
(a) She is the daughter of a powerful king.
(b) Her family is related by marriage to Agamemnon’s.
(c) She is related to Priam.
(d) She is consecrated to a god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Achilles ask Patroclus to forgive him for?

2. Why does Patroclus want Achilles to claim Briseis?

3. How many ships actually sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?

4. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?

5. Why does Hector fight the Trojans?

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