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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 does Achilles teach Patroclus to do, on the first night Patroclus sleeps in his room?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Fight.
(c) Juggle.
(d) Play the lyre.
2. What is Patroclus’ response when Chiron asks him whether he wants to learn to be a soldier?
(a) He says he wants to confer with his father.
(b) He says no.
(c) He says he will do whatever Achilles does.
(d) He agrees to the training.
3. Why do kings send their daughters to Lycomedes?
(a) For fostering.
(b) For punishment.
(c) For protection.
(d) For education.
4. How does Thetis change Achilles’ appearance when he returns to Phthia?
(a) She hides him from the people who will hate him.
(b) She cloaks him in light.
(c) She makes him larger and more resplendent.
(d) She makes him smaller and harder to envy.
5. How long do Achilles and Patroclus stay with Chiron?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Chiron say death comes quickest?
2. What color sails are flying on the ship that comes to Achilles and Patroclus?
3. What is Patroclus most interested in learning from Chiron?
4. How does Achilles treat Deidameia?
5. How does Patroclus describe his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Patroclus’ first impression of Achilles?
2. What conundrum is Patroclus caught in, now that the army will be going to Troy?
3. Where does Achilles get abducted to, after the news comes from Mycenae, and how does Patroclus find him?
4. How does the news of the war find Achilles and Patroclus on Scyros?
5. How does Patroclus end up fighting Achilles, and what is the outcome?
6. What leverage do Odysseus and Diomedes use to get Achilles to go to Troy?
7. How do Achilles and Patroclus come to be close?
8. How does Patroclus’ life change when he arrives at Peleus’ court?
9. What is Patroclus’ first impression of Achilles at his home?
10. What is the important question Chiron asks Achilles, and what is Achilles’ response?
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