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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. How long has Patroclus lived with Achilles, by the time Achilles and Agamemnon are angry at each other?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 18 years.

2. What does Achilles say he needs Agamemnon to do in order to fix the rift between them?
(a) Beg for forgiveness.
(b) Give Achilles his own weight in gold.
(c) Apologize to Achilles publicly.
(d) Give Achilles the first place in battle.

3. What color cloak is Paris clothed in?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Purple.

4. Whose thigh does Patroclus see pierced with a spear?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Phoinix.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Hector.

5. How does Agamemnon want to start his campaign against Troy?
(a) With raiding.
(b) With negotiations.
(c) With a siege.
(d) With battle in the plains of Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Odysseus give Achilles regarding returning to the fight?

2. Where does the fleet sail before they go to Troy?

3. In the story of Meleager, who is the character that tries to convince Meleager to return to the battle?

4. How does Agamemnon respond to Chryses’ offering?

5. What does Patroclus promise Achilles as he rides into battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Greeks’ arrival in Troy.

3. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?

4. Achilles visits his mother to learn more about the prophecy regarding his death. What is his response to this visit and Thetis’ news?

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

6. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.

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

8. Why does Patroclus ask Achilles to claim Briseis?

9. What new wrinkle do Achilles and Patroclus learn about the prophecies from Thetis?

10. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?

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