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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color cloak is Paris clothed in?
(a) Gold.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.
2. 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.
3. What happens to Iphigenia?
(a) Patroclus protects her from Agamemnon.
(b) Agamemnon exiles her when she refuses to marry Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon sacrifices her to Artemis.
(d) Agamemnon marries her to Achilles.
4. How does Agamemnon respond to Chryses’ offering?
(a) Indifferently.
(b) Patiently.
(c) Contemptuously.
(d) Sympathetically.
5. How does Patroclus describe the feeling in the camps as the years drag on?
(a) Fractiousness.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Divisiveness.
6. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?
(a) The water in the rivers turns to blood.
(b) The winds cease.
(c) Oracles report evil signs among the entrails of sacrifices.
(d) Plagues kill their men.
7. Where did Achilles and Patroclus last have leisure like they have now that Achilles is not fighting?
(a) Scyros.
(b) Pelion.
(c) Phthia.
(d) Lemnos.
8. How does Patroclus betray Achilles?
(a) He complains about him to Thetis.
(b) He steals Briseis back from Agamemnon.
(c) He prevents Briseis from being taken.
(d) He goes to Agamemnon to negotiate with him.
9. How long does the war drag on before the Greek soldiers get impatient and consider mutiny?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.
10. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?
(a) A lack of feeling.
(b) A soft heart.
(c) Too quick a temper.
(d) Short-sightedness.
11. 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.
12. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?
(a) Phoinix.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Achilles.
13. How many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 500.
14. What does Achilles say he needs Agamemnon to do in order to fix the rift between them?
(a) Beg for forgiveness.
(b) Apologize to Achilles publicly.
(c) Give Achilles the first place in battle.
(d) Give Achilles his own weight in gold.
15. Why does Hector fight the Trojans?
(a) For fame, not fortune.
(b) For fortune, not family.
(c) For family, not fame.
(d) For fate, not fortune.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the duel between Menelaus and Paris end?
2. How does Patroclus show Briseis that he means her no harm?
3. After finally leaving for Troy, what does Achilles want to know about Patroclus’ childhood?
4. Which god/goddess looks out for Paris?
5. How does Patroclus kill this warrior?
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