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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Patroclus' horses?
(a) The horses die.
(b) They run back to the ships because they fear the noise of the battle.
(c) Menelaus takes them back to the ships with Patroclus' body.
(d) Zeus breathes strength into them so they can return to the ships.

2. Who does Zeus send to Achilles with ambrosia?
(a) Hera.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

3. Apollo grants what protection to Hector's corpse?
(a) Protection from insects.
(b) Protection from the effects of the sun.
(c) Protection from decay.
(d) Protection from burning.

4. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Odysseus.

5. What does Zeus hope will make Achilles so angry that he will kill Hector?
(a) Paris killing Patroclus.
(b) Hector killing Patroclus.
(c) Paris wounding Patroclus.
(d) Hector wounding Patroclus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hera injures what god?

2. Who is the fire god?

3. Which two Greeks carry Patroclus's body out of the battlefield and to the ships after Patroclus dies?

4. Patroclus wears what that belongs to Achilles?

5. Who is sent to King Priam to tell him that he can ransom his son's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hector tell Achilles with his last words?

2. Why does Zeus allow the gods back into the battle?

3. As the Trojans set fire to more Greek ships, what does Achilles do to help Patroclus and the Greeks?

4. What does Achilles refuse to do until he has properly buried Patroclus?

5. What is the goal of Zeus' plan, as he tells it to Hera?

6. Why is Achilles' mother sad when she speaks to Achilles after Patroclus' death?

7. What activities follow the burial of Patroclus?

8. What god does Achilles make angry in Book 21, and what does the god do in retaliation?

9. In Book 15, while the gods are being informed of Zeus' plan, what are the Trojans and the Greeks doing?

10. After Patroclus' death, why is Achilles feeling guilty?

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