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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 does Achilles say Peleus told him, about how to think of the men he will fight?
(a) To respect the spirit of each one.
(b) To treat them as animals.
(c) To treat them as dust.
(d) To see the divinity in each one.

2. How many men does Achilles kill on his first day in battle?
(a) 10.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

3. In the story of Meleager, who is the character that tries to convince Meleager to return to the battle?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Chiron.
(d) Diomedes.

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

5. What advice does Odysseus give Achilles regarding returning to the fight?
(a) To undermine Agamemnon’s authority by winning victories in the field.
(b) To win friends among his people by protecting their lives.
(c) To let fate happen on his own terms, instead of being subject to it.
(d) To take the high ground and keep himself alive as long as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agamemnon do, that almost starts a mutiny?

2. What do Achilles and Patroclus say about Hector, to reassure themselves of Achilles’ relative safety?

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

4. What mythical character does Patroclus say he feels like when he puts on Achilles’ armor?

5. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?

2. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?

3. Why do the Greeks adopt the strategy of raiding around Troy instead of negotiating?

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. Why does Patroclus ask Achilles to claim Briseis?

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

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

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

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

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

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