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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. Why is it unlawful for Agamemnon to claim Chriseis as a war prize?
3. Which Trojan warrior does Patroclus kill?
4. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
5. Who is the oldest of the Greeks in the fleet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Achilles visits his mother to learn more about the prophecy regarding his death. What is his response to this visit and Thetis’ news?
2. Why does Patroclus ask Achilles to claim Briseis?
3. What does Patroclus’ accomplish in his interview with Agamemnon?
4. What is Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with Hector like?
5. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?
6. 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?
7. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?
8. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?
9. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?
10. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Use this book to evaluate the five-star rating system typically used for books. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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