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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 does Patroclus show Briseis that he means her no harm?
(a) He tells her so in her own language.
(b) By sign language.
(c) By kissing Achilles.
(d) By doctoring her injuries.

2. How many ships actually sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
(a) 216.
(b) 168.
(c) 356.
(d) 284.

3. Why can the fleet not sail to Troy, now that the forces are all together?
(a) No wind.
(b) Strong storms.
(c) Evil omens.
(d) Not enough ships.

4. Who does Thetis say will die as a prelude to Achilles’ death?
(a) The best of the Trojans.
(b) A priest of a prominent god.
(c) The best of the Greeks.
(d) The most powerful of the Trojans.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?

2. What does Achilles kill while he is talking with Patroclus about war?

3. What does Achilles say he needs Agamemnon to do in order to fix the rift between them?

4. How does Priam justify Helen’s presence in Troy?

5. What task does Odysseus assign the men to do, to distract them from their discontentment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the tension that is created in the meeting between Achilles and Agamemnon.

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

7. 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?

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

9. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?

10. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?

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