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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Patroclus recognize Odysseus?
2. After Achilles and Patroclus turn 16, what question does Achilles ask his mother?
3. What are Deidameia’s women famous for?
4. How does Achilles placate Deidameia?
5. How does Patroclus describe his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Achilles and Patroclus get called back to civilization?
2. Describe Achilles’ relationship with Deidameia.
3. What is the important question Chiron asks Achilles, and what is Achilles’ response?
4. Why does Patroclus’ father take him to bid for Tyndareus’ hand in marriage?
5. How does Achilles show Patroclus another way of looking at the death of Clysonymus?
6. Describe Deidameia’s relationship with Patroclus.
7. What conundrum is Patroclus caught in, now that the army will be going to Troy?
8. How does Achilles explain his friendship with Patroclus to Peleus?
9. Describe Achilles’ homecoming to Phthia.
10. How does the news of the war find Achilles and Patroclus on Scyros?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for The Song of Achilles? What is the ideal reader for The Song of Achilles likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
Debate the proposition that Achilles’ fame comes more from his regard for Patroclus and his treatment of Briseis than from his renown in battle.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the difference between Achilles and Agamemnon’s characters. How are they similar, how are they different? What are the essential differences between them? Are these two characters who ultimately need each other, or are they the type of people who need to be kept apart for danger of conflict and potential tragedy?
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