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

2. Where is Deidameia planning to go to, from her home?
(a) To Phthia to move in with Peleus.
(b) To visit relatives in Aulis.
(c) Into confinement to give birth to Achilles’ child.
(d) To Troy to take care of Helen.

3. What color cloak does Achilles wear when he leaves for Troy?
(a) Gold.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Crimson.

4. What reason does Achilles give for his confidence that he will be the first happy hero?
(a) His love for Patroclus.
(b) His mother’s protection.
(c) His skill in battle.
(d) His boyish delight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tyndareus’ daughter choose as a husband?

2. What color is the cloak Achilles receives for his birthday?

3. Why does Achilles stop doing his drills when Patroclus enters?

4. What are Deidameia’s women famous for?

5. What gift does Patroclus give Achilles on his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Chiron offer to teach Patroclus and Achilles, and what is Patroclus most interested in learning from him?

4. How do Achilles and Patroclus behave once Achilles says that Thetis cannot see them on Mt. Pelion?

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

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

7. Describe Achilles’ relationship with Deidameia.

8. Describe Deidameia’s relationship with Patroclus.

9. Describe Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with the girls in Peleus’ house.

10. What gift does Chiron send Achilles to Troy with?

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