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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 does the war drag on before the Greek soldiers get impatient and consider mutiny?
(a) Six years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Four years.

2. Where does the fleet sail before they go to Troy?
(a) Aulis.
(b) Pelion.
(c) Ithaka.
(d) Scyros.

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

4. What mythical character does Patroclus say he feels like when he puts on Achilles’ armor?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Daphne.
(d) The minotaur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Achilles do that injures Hector?

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

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

4. How does Agamemnon want to start his campaign against Troy?

5. How does the narrative change after Patroclus’ death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?

10. Describe the Greeks’ arrival in Troy.

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