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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 color sails are flying on the ship that comes to Achilles and Patroclus?
(a) Purple.
(b) Yellow and black.
(c) White.
(d) Crimson.

2. Where is Patroclus exiled to?
(a) Thessaly.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Phthia.
(d) Scyros.

3. What distinction does Peleus offer Achilles?
(a) Leadership of the Greek war party.
(b) Two more years to learn from Chiron in Pelion.
(c) Safe haven in Phthia during the war.
(d) Leadership of the Phthian war party.

4. How old is Patroclus when his father takes him to declare himself as a suitor to Tyndareus’ daughter?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 7.

5. What does Patroclus say ‘fell away’ to allow his friendship with Achilles to blossom?
(a) Envy.
(b) Dread.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patroclus most interested in learning from Chiron?

2. How does Odysseus identify Achilles among Lycomedes’ women?

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

4. What does Patroclus father offer Tyndareus for his daughter’s hand?

5. What is Patroclus’ mother’s scar from, on her temple?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Peleus tell his people about the news from Mycenae?

3. Describe Achilles’ homecoming to Phthia.

4. What prophecy does Odysseus tell Achilles about the conditions under which he will die?

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

6. What conundrum is Patroclus caught in, now that the army will be going to Troy?

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

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

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

10. Describe Patroclus’ decision to leave Peleus’ home.

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