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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 are Deidameia’s women famous for?
(a) Weaving.
(b) Singing.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Dancing.

2. What does Thetis tell Patroclus?
(a) That he will die soon.
(b) That he has divine blood as well.
(c) That he can never share Achilles’ fame.
(d) That he might live forever beside Achilles.

3. How does Achilles treat Deidameia?
(a) He ignores her utterly.
(b) He flirts with her attention.
(c) He shows great devotion to her.
(d) He fawns over her.

4. How does Patroclus learn to discern Thetis’ visits?
(a) By the sound of her footsteps.
(b) By the silence.
(c) By the sound of crashing waves.
(d) By the dimming of the light.

5. Where is Achilles taken when he disappears from Phthia?
(a) Aulis.
(b) Scyros.
(c) Pelion.
(d) Ithaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patroclus doing in his only memory of his mother?

2. What does Patroclus’ father tell him about Achilles?

3. How does Achilles understand divinity is accomplished?

4. What privilege does Achilles extend to Patroclus in the dining hall after their return?

5. How does Achilles excuse Patroclus from the oath he swore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Patroclus’ first impression of Achilles at his home?

2. Why does Deidameia accuse Achilles of being ‘apathos,’ or heartless?

3. What is Patroclus’ status at the opening of the novel?

4. What is Chiron’s role in Achilles and Patroclus’ lives?

5. Where does Achilles get abducted to, after the news comes from Mycenae, and how does Patroclus find him?

6. What is the important question Chiron asks Achilles, and what is Achilles’ response?

7. How does Patroclus end up fighting Achilles, and what is the outcome?

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

9. How does Patroclus come to kill the boy whose death gets him exiled?

10. Describe Achilles’ homecoming to Phthia.

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