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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Achilles ask Patroclus to forgive him for?
(a) His hard-heartedness.
(b) His disobedience to Agamemnon.
(c) Wanting to know about death.
(d) His willingness to kill.

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

5. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?
(a) Too quick a temper.
(b) A lack of feeling.
(c) A soft heart.
(d) Short-sightedness.

6. Who tears down the wall around the Greeks’ ships?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Sarpedon.
(d) Priam.

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

8. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Phoinix.

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

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

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

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

13. Whose help does Thetis enlist in protecting Achilles’ honor?
(a) Posiedon.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

14. How does Patroclus describe the feeling in the camps as the years drag on?
(a) Hostility.
(b) Fractiousness.
(c) Divisiveness.
(d) Solidarity.

15. 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) His daughter’s hand in marriage.
(d) The first position among the other kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrative change after Patroclus’ death?

2. What color cloak is Paris clothed in?

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

4. Where did Achilles and Patroclus last have leisure like they have now that Achilles is not fighting?

5. What do Achilles and Patroclus say about Hector, to reassure themselves of Achilles’ relative safety?

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