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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 kill this warrior?
2. Where does Agamemnon situate Achilles in his line of battle?
3. How does Achilles keep the men from leaving?
4. How does the second duel, between Hector and Ajax, end?
5. What does Achilles kill while he is talking with Patroclus about war?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?
2. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?
3. How does Thetis help Achilles’ renown when the Greek ships land at Aulis?
4. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?
5. 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?
6. Describe the Greeks’ arrival in Troy.
7. What is Achilles’ answer to the situation Agamemnon and Patroclus have set up?
8. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?
9. Whati s Achilles’ reaction to Patroclus’ interview with Agamemnon?
10. What is Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with Hector like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is The Song of Achilles most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of The Song of Achilles. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the role of women in The Song of Achilles. How are they portrayed? What traits distinguish them from the men? What flexibility do the female characters have, to change how they are perceived, or to exceed the rules for women?
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