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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 Patroclus want to get away from when he leaves Peleus’ house?
(a) The other boys’ accusations.
(b) The smell of salt water.
(c) Peleus’ rage.
(d) His guilt-ridden nightmares.

2. What privilege does Achilles extend to Patroclus in the dining hall after their return?
(a) He asks for his mother to bless Patroclus.
(b) He asks Peleus’ girls to dance for him.
(c) He calls for a place setting for him beside Achilles’ on the dais.
(d) He makes the adopted boys bow and swear loyalty to him.

3. What does Achilles teach Patroclus to do, on the first night Patroclus sleeps in his room?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Juggle.
(c) Play the lyre.
(d) Fight.

4. What color sails are flying on the ship that comes to Achilles and Patroclus?
(a) Yellow and black.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Crimson.

5. What does Patroclus say is most surprising in Achilles’ new status?
(a) He is open about his intimacy with Patroclus.
(b) He is a commander of men, now.
(c) He is protected by a huge guard.
(d) He is the subject of treacherous plots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patroclus afraid of, in the moment after he and Achilles kiss?

2. How does Achilles explain his interest in Patroclus to his father?

3. What does Patroclus say is unnatural about Thetis?

4. Why is Patroclus threatened with punishment at Peleus’ house?

5. Who does Odysseus claim as a bride?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the news of the war find Achilles and Patroclus on Scyros?

2. How does Patroclus’ life change when he arrives at Peleus’ court?

3. How does Achilles show Patroclus another way of looking at the death of Clysonymus?

4. How do Achilles and Patroclus behave once Achilles says that Thetis cannot see them on Mt. Pelion?

5. What is the important question Chiron asks Achilles, and what is Achilles’ response?

6. Why does Deidameia accuse Achilles of being ‘apathos,’ or heartless?

7. How is Achilles’ identity unmasked?

8. What does Peleus tell his people about the news from Mycenae?

9. How does Achilles explain his friendship with Patroclus to Peleus?

10. What prophecy does Odysseus tell Achilles about the conditions under which he will die?

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