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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. How does the narrative change after Patroclus’ death?
(a) Achilles takes over as narrator.
(b) It becomes third-person limited narration.
(c) It becomes third-person omniscient narration.
(d) It switches to second-person narration.

2. Who is the first Greek to kill a Trojan as the ships approach Troy?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Phoinix.
(d) Odysseus.

3. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?
(a) Too quick a temper.
(b) A lack of feeling.
(c) Short-sightedness.
(d) A soft heart.

4. What happens to Iphigenia?
(a) Patroclus protects her from Agamemnon.
(b) Agamemnon exiles her when she refuses to marry Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon sacrifices her to Artemis.
(d) Agamemnon marries her to Achilles.

5. How does Patroclus describe his relationship with Achilles now that Achilles and Agamemnon are in conflict?
(a) He says that Achilles is his trusted companion and he must honor his wishes.
(b) He says that Achilles is his best self.
(c) He says that Achilles is half his soul.
(d) He says that Achilles is a stranger to him now.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patroclus describe the feeling in the camps as the years drag on?

2. How does Patroclus describe Menelaus relative to his brother Agamemnon?

3. How does Patroclus kill this warrior?

4. Why does Hector fight the Trojans?

5. How does Priam justify Helen’s presence in Troy?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?

3. How does Thetis help Achilles’ renown when the Greek ships land at Aulis?

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

5. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?

6. What new wrinkle do Achilles and Patroclus learn about the prophecies from Thetis?

7. How do Achilles and Patroclus differ in their approach to the dead?

8. Whati s Achilles’ reaction to Patroclus’ interview with Agamemnon?

9. What is Patroclus’ experience of fighting?

10. What is Achilles’ answer to the situation Agamemnon and Patroclus have set up?

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