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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you characterize Achilles’ attitude toward Patroclus?
(a) Indulgent.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Insulting.

2. How does Patroclus show Briseis that he means her no harm?
(a) He tells her so in her own language.
(b) By doctoring her injuries.
(c) By sign language.
(d) By kissing Achilles.

3. How does Deidameia treat Patroclus when she interviews him?
(a) She is disconsolate and dismayed.
(b) She is fawning and subservient.
(c) She is flattering and ingratiating.
(d) She is imperious and angry.

4. Who points out the problems that might arise from jealous suitors regarding Helen?
(a) Phoinix.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Tyndareus.

5. How would you characterize the dynamic between Achilles and Patroclus?
(a) Patroclus is the lover and Achilles is the beloved.
(b) They each hold the other in high regard.
(c) Neither loves the other very much beyond a practical relationship.
(d) Achilles is the lover and Patroclus is the beloved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odysseus promise Achilles, if he comes to Troy?

2. Who does Peleus claim to have fought beside?

3. What reason does Achilles give for his confidence that he will be the first happy hero?

4. What does Patroclus’ father tell him about Achilles?

5. What does Patroclus fight with Clysonymus over?

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