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

2. What nickname does Peleus give Patroclus?
(a) Snake tongue.
(b) Mouse feet.
(c) Owl eyes.
(d) Cat whiskers.

3. How does Odysseus identify Achilles among Lycomedes’ women?
(a) By asking the other women.
(b) By trickery.
(c) By threatening Patroclus.
(d) By asking him to come forward.

4. What color sails do traders typically use on their ships?
(a) Gold.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Crimson.

5. How does Achilles explain his interest in Patroclus to his father?
(a) He says that he is a good sparring partner.
(b) He says that he is surprising.
(c) He says that he is knows important things.
(d) He says that he born is of high blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patroclus’ name mean?

2. How would you characterize the dynamic between Achilles and Patroclus?

3. How long does it take before Achilles befriends Patroclus?

4. How does Chiron handle Thetis’ demand that Patroclus not train with Achilles?

5. How would you characterize Achilles’ attitude toward Patroclus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Achilles and Patroclus come to be close?

4. Where does Achilles get abducted to, after the news comes from Mycenae, and how does Patroclus find him?

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

6. How do Achilles and Patroclus bring their relationship to its first crisis?

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

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

9. How does Patroclus come to kill the boy whose death gets him exiled?

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

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