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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 men does Achilles kill on his first day in battle?
2. How does Patroclus describe Agamemnon?
3. How does Achilles keep the men from leaving?
4. Where did Achilles and Patroclus last have leisure like they have now that Achilles is not fighting?
5. What is Thetis afraid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chriseis create a crisis for the Greeks?
2. How do the Greeks react when Achilles withdraws from the fighting?
3. Why does Patroclus ask Achilles to claim Briseis?
4. How does Achilles react to Patroclus’ death?
5. 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?
6. How does Achilles’ relationship to Hector change?
7. Whati s Achilles’ reaction to Patroclus’ interview with Agamemnon?
8. Describe the role Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia plays in the sacrifice at Aulis.
9. Describe the tension that is created in the meeting between Achilles and Agamemnon.
10. What is it that prevents the Greeks from sailing to Troy from Aulis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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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