2. What does Chryses offer Agamemnon, in return for Chriseis?
(a) The girl’s weight in gold.
(b) A hecatomb.
(c) Twice the girl’s weight in gold.
(d) Threats of evil omens.

3. How does Patroclus betray Achilles?
(a) He complains about him to Thetis.
(b) He prevents Briseis from being taken.
(c) He goes to Agamemnon to negotiate with him.
(d) He steals Briseis back from Agamemnon.

4. Who is the oldest of the Greeks in the fleet?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Nestor.

5. How does Achilles plan to resolve the conflict with Agamemnon?
(a) He will win the war himself, and take the glory.
(b) He will withdraw from the fighting.
(c) He will challenge Agamemnon to a duel.
(d) He will kill Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?

2. What do Achilles and Patroclus say about Hector, to reassure themselves of Achilles’ relative safety?

3. What does Achilles do that injures Hector?

4. Whose thigh does Patroclus see pierced with a spear?

5. Where does Agamemnon situate Achilles in his line of battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?

2. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?

3. Describe the Greeks’ arrival in Troy.

4. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?

5. What is Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship with Hector like?

6. Patroclus recalls Chiron saying that no man’s life is worth more than another’s. How does he settle the questions this philosophical statement raises, in light of Achilles’ conflict with Agamemnon?

7. Why do the Greeks adopt the strategy of raiding around Troy instead of negotiating?

8. What does Patroclus’ accomplish in his interview with Agamemnon?

9. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.

10. How do the Greeks react when Achilles withdraws from the fighting?

(see the answer keys)

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