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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. In what way does Briseis remind Patroclus of his mother?
2. Where did Achilles and Patroclus last have leisure like they have now that Achilles is not fighting?
3. Which Trojan warrior does Patroclus kill?
4. Who would be Ariston Achaion if Achilles were not?
5. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Achilles’ experiences of raiding like?
2. What is Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with Hector like?
3. Describe the tension that is created in the meeting between Achilles and Agamemnon.
4. What does Patroclus’ accomplish in his interview with Agamemnon?
5. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?
6. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?
7. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?
8. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?
9. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.
10. How does Thetis help Achilles’ renown when the Greek ships land at Aulis?
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
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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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