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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Achilles’ mother live?

2. What is Patroclus’ mother’s scar from, on her temple?

3. What does Achilles teach Patroclus to do, on the first night Patroclus sleeps in his room?

4. What does Odysseus promise Achilles, if he comes to Troy?

5. What other hero has Chiron taught?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patroclus’ father take him to bid for Tyndareus’ hand in marriage?

2. What leverage do Odysseus and Diomedes use to get Achilles to go to Troy?

3. What is Patroclus’ first impression of Achilles at his home?

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

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

6. How do Achilles and Patroclus get called back to civilization?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use this book to evaluate the five-star rating system typically used for books. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 2

What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Song of Achilles? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Song of Achilles.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of women in The Song of Achilles. How are they portrayed? What traits distinguish them from the men? What flexibility do the female characters have, to change how they are perceived, or to exceed the rules for women?

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