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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. After Achilles and Patroclus turn 16, what question does Achilles ask his mother?
2. Who does Patroclus dream about when he moves to Achilles’ room?
3. How does Patroclus recognize Odysseus?
4. What does Patroclus’ name mean?
5. What color cloak does Achilles wear when he leaves for Troy?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the news of the war find Achilles and Patroclus on Scyros?
2. Describe Achilles’ homecoming to Phthia.
3. How does Patroclus’ life change when he arrives at Peleus’ court?
4. Why does Patroclus’ father take him to bid for Tyndareus’ hand in marriage?
5. What is Chiron’s role in Achilles and Patroclus’ lives?
6. What is Patroclus’ first impression of Achilles at his home?
7. What is the important question Chiron asks Achilles, and what is Achilles’ response?
8. How do Achilles and Patroclus behave once Achilles says that Thetis cannot see them on Mt. Pelion?
9. What is Patroclus’ status at the opening of the novel?
10. What leverage do Odysseus and Diomedes use to get Achilles to go to Troy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Would you recommend The Song of Achilles? For what purposes would you recommend The Song of Achilles, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
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