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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) Too quick a temper.
(b) A lack of feeling.
(c) Short-sightedness.
(d) A soft heart.

2. In what way does Briseis remind Patroclus of his mother?
(a) Her patience.
(b) Her bright eyes.
(c) Her peace.
(d) Her lack of comprehension.

3. What is Thetis afraid of?
(a) That someone else will kill Hector.
(b) That Achilles will not win all his family before he dies.
(c) That Patroclus will keep Achilles from winning his glory.
(d) That there is more to the prophecy than she knows.

4. What is the cause behind the fleet’s inability to sail to Troy?
(a) Apollo’s anger.
(b) Zeus’ anger.
(c) Posiedon’s anger.
(d) Artemis’ anger.

5. What does Patroclus spend hours each day doing among the captives?
(a) Doctoring their injuries.
(b) Learning about Trojan culture.
(c) Teaching them Greek.
(d) Gathering intelligence about the Trojan defenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Achilles and Patroclus’s camp situated?

2. Who is the oldest of the Greeks in the fleet?

3. What happens to Iphigenia?

4. What does Achilles ask Patroclus to forgive him for?

5. How does Patroclus describe his relationship with Achilles now that Achilles and Agamemnon are in conflict?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?

2. What is Achilles’ answer to the situation Agamemnon and Patroclus have set up?

3. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?

4. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?

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

6. How does the battle go, once Achilles is not fighting?

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

8. Why does Patroclus ask Achilles to claim Briseis?

9. How does Thetis help Achilles’ renown when the Greek ships land at Aulis?

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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