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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 many ships does Agamemnon say sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 700.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.
2. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Phoinix.
(d) Achilles.
3. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
(a) The names of plants and animals.
(b) The names of the Trojan captives.
(c) The names of the Trojan heroes.
(d) The names of the clouds and constellations.
4. Who oversees the infirmary where Patroclus finds work?
(a) Machaon.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Phoinix.
(d) Podalerius.
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. What does Achilles say Peleus told him, about how to think of the men he will fight?
2. What is Hector wearing when Achilles kills him?
3. What does Agamemnon offer Achilles, in order to fulfill the gods’ desires, and liberate the fleet to sail to Troy?
4. How does Agamemnon want to start his campaign against Troy?
5. What does Agamemnon do, that almost starts a mutiny?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the tension that is created in the meeting between Achilles and Agamemnon.
2. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?
3. Why do the Greeks adopt the strategy of raiding around Troy instead of negotiating?
4. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?
5. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?
6. How do the Greeks react when Achilles withdraws from the fighting?
7. What new wrinkle do Achilles and Patroclus learn about the prophecies from Thetis?
8. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?
9. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?
10. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?
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