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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Peleus give Patroclus?
(a) Owl eyes.
(b) Snake tongue.
(c) Mouse feet.
(d) Cat whiskers.

2. What does Patroclus take with him when he leaves Phthia?
(a) His mother’s lyre.
(b) Only his tunic and sandals.
(c) Gold from Peleus’ stores.
(d) Food and a knife.

3. How does Chiron handle Thetis’ demand that Patroclus not train with Achilles?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) He tells Thetis he will not honor it.
(c) He appeals to Zeus.
(d) He gives the choice to Achilles.

4. Why is Patroclus threatened with punishment at Peleus’ house?
(a) For stealing.
(b) For talking to Achilles.
(c) For insulting his fellow students.
(d) For skipping class.

5. Who does Tyndareus’ daughter choose as a husband?
(a) Patroclus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patroclus want to get away from when he leaves Peleus’ house?

2. How does Patroclus describe his father?

3. What does Achilles suggest Patroclus might have done when he killed Clysonymus?

4. What does Patroclus say is unnatural about Thetis?

5. How does Clysonymus die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does Odysseus pose to Tyndareus, to complicate the suits for Helen’s hand?

2. Describe Deidameia’s relationship with Patroclus.

3. How does Achilles show Patroclus another way of looking at the death of Clysonymus?

4. Describe Patroclus’ interaction with Achilles’ mother Thetis.

5. How do Achilles and Patroclus bring their relationship to its first crisis?

6. Why does Patroclus’ father take him to bid for Tyndareus’ hand in marriage?

7. Describe Achilles’ relationship with Deidameia.

8. How does Patroclus’ life change when he arrives at Peleus’ court?

9. Describe Achilles’ homecoming to Phthia.

10. How does the news of the war find Achilles and Patroclus on Scyros?

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