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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ordains that Patroclus’ ashes will not be buried with Achilles’?
(a) Thetis.
(b) Neoptolemus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. What is Patroclus afraid of, in the moment after he and Achilles kiss?
(a) That Thetis will destroy him.
(b) That Achilles will hate him.
(c) That Peleus will kill him.
(d) That his father will disown him.

3. Whose thigh does Patroclus see pierced with a spear?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Phoinix.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Hector.

4. How does Priam justify Helen’s presence in Troy?
(a) He says that Menelaus had stolen her from the Trojans, who merely took her back.
(b) He says that she was never married to Menelaus.
(c) He says that she was brought by the gods.
(d) He says she came of her own will.

5. What does Patroclus want Achilles to do about going to Troy to fight?
(a) He wants him to go to Troy but not to fight.
(b) He wants him not to go to Troy.
(c) He wants him to run away with him.
(d) He wants him to fight and win his glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god/goddess looks out for Paris?

2. How does Patroclus betray Achilles?

3. What is Patroclus’ mother’s scar from, on her temple?

4. Where is Achilles and Patroclus’s camp situated?

5. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?

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