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

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

3. Why is it unlawful for Agamemnon to claim Chriseis as a war prize?
(a) She is consecrated to a god.
(b) She is the daughter of a powerful king.
(c) Her family is related by marriage to Agamemnon’s.
(d) She is related to Priam.

4. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
(a) The names of the Trojan captives.
(b) The names of plants and animals.
(c) The names of the clouds and constellations.
(d) The names of the Trojan heroes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is first in line for the distribution of war prizes?

2. How many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?

3. How does the duel between Menelaus and Paris end?

4. Who would be Ariston Achaion if Achilles were not?

5. How does Achilles keep the men from leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?

2. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?

3. How do the Greeks react when Achilles withdraws from the fighting?

4. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?

5. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?

6. What does Patroclus’ accomplish in his interview with Agamemnon?

7. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?

8. How do Achilles and Patroclus differ in their approach to the dead?

9. Whati s Achilles’ reaction to Patroclus’ interview with Agamemnon?

10. Patroclus recalls Chiron saying that no man’s life is worth more than another’s. How does he settle the questions this philosophical statement raises, in light of Achilles’ conflict with Agamemnon?

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