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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. How many ships actually sailed for Troy to recapture Helen?
2. What does Briseis teach Patroclus?
3. What task does Odysseus assign the men to do, to distract them from their discontentment?
4. Whose help does Thetis enlist in protecting Achilles’ honor?
5. How does Patroclus describe the appearance of Achilles’ hair as he is announced to the Greeks in the harbor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Patroclus’ feelings during the crisis over Chriseis and Briseis?
2. How does Patroclus try to moderate the effects of Achilles’ withdrawal?
3. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?
4. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.
5. How does the battle go, once Achilles is not fighting?
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. Achilles visits his mother to learn more about the prophecy regarding his death. What is his response to this visit and Thetis’ news?
8. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?
9. Why do the Greeks adopt the strategy of raiding around Troy instead of negotiating?
10. How does Achilles prevent the mutiny in the fourth year of the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an evaluative review of The Song of Achilles. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 2
Debate the proposition that Achilles’ fame comes more from his regard for Patroclus and his treatment of Briseis than from his renown in battle.
Essay Topic 3
Achilles is great in his own right as a warrior, but he is also the lead actor in a huge supporting cast, and he does not have to be all things to all people. What are the key supporting roles that go into making Achilles the Ariston Achaion?
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