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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the duel between Menelaus and Paris end?
(a) Menelaus is wounded and retreats.
(b) Menelaus kills Paris.
(c) Paris is wounded and retreats.
(d) Paris is whisked way by the gods.

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

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

9. How does Patroclus show Briseis that he means her no harm?
(a) By sign language.
(b) By doctoring her injuries.
(c) By kissing Achilles.
(d) He tells her so in her own language.

10. What does Chryses offer Agamemnon, in return for Chriseis?
(a) Twice the girl’s weight in gold.
(b) A hecatomb.
(c) Threats of evil omens.
(d) The girl’s weight in gold.

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

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

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

14. Who will be the next Aristos Archaion?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Pyrrhus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hector fight the Trojans?

3. What does Patroclus promise Achilles as he rides into battle?

4. What mythical character does Patroclus say he feels like when he puts on Achilles’ armor?

5. What task does Odysseus assign the men to do, to distract them from their discontentment?

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