Song of Achilles

Question 1

What does Patroclus father offer Tyndareus for his daughter’s hand?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 2

How does Patroclus describe his mother?

Accepted Answer

Simple

Question 3

Where is Achilles taken when he disappears from Phthia?

Accepted Answer

Scyros

Question 4

Where does Patroclus see Achilles for the first time?

Accepted Answer

At the Olympic Games

Question 5

What does Patroclus fight with Clysonymus over?

Accepted Answer

Dice

Question 6

Who is Tyndareus’ daughter?

Accepted Answer

Helen

Question 7

How old is Patroclus when he is orphaned?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 8

How long did Thetis stay with Peleus before she returned to the ocean?

Accepted Answer

1 year

Question 9

How does Achilles describe his relationship with Patroclus?

Accepted Answer

He calls him his trusted companion

Question 10

What does Chiron give Achilles as a gift for his expedition to Troy?

Accepted Answer

A Spear

Question 11

What is Patroclus doing in his only memory of his mother?

Accepted Answer

Skipping stones

Question 12

Why does Peleus take in exiled boys?

Accepted Answer

To make an army

Question 13

Why does Achilles stop doing his drills when Patroclus enters?

Accepted Answer

No one sees him fight.

Question 14

What does Patroclus tell Lycomedes his name is?

Accepted Answer

Chironides

Question 15

What color sails are flying on the ship that comes to Achilles and Patroclus?

Accepted Answer

Yellow and Black

Question 16

What does Patroclus’ father tell him about Achilles?

Accepted Answer

That h e is what a son should be.

Question 17

What does Achilles suggest Patroclus might have done when he killed Clysonymus?

Accepted Answer

Lie about it

Question 18

Who does Peleus claim to have fought beside?

Accepted Answer

Heracles

Question 19

What color sails do traders typically use on their ships?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 20

What other hero has Chiron taught?

Accepted Answer

Heracles

Question 21

How are Achilles and Patroclus expected to treat girls?

Accepted Answer

As sexual playthings

Question 22

After Achilles and Patroclus turn 16, what question does Achilles ask his mother?

Accepted Answer

Whether she can see them with Chiron.

Question 23

Who does Tyndareus’ daughter choose as a husband?

Accepted Answer

Menelaus

Question 24

What does Patroclus take with him when he leaves Phthia?

Accepted Answer

His mothers Lyre

Question 25

How does Achilles explain his interest in Patroclus to his father?

Accepted Answer

He says that he is surprising.

Question 26

Who does Odysseus claim as a bride?

Accepted Answer

Penelope

Question 27

Who points out the problems that might arise from jealous suitors regarding Helen?

Accepted Answer

Odysseus

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

Her father hitting her.

Question 29

What is Patroclus’ strongest feeling toward Achilles, the first time he sees him at his house?

Accepted Answer

Envy

Question 30

How does Thetis change Achilles’ appearance when he returns to Phthia?

Accepted Answer

She makes him larger and more resplendent.

Question 31

Why is Patroclus threatened with punishment at Peleus’ house?

Accepted Answer

For skipping class.

Question 32

How does Clysonymus die?

Accepted Answer

He breaks his head on a rock.

Question 33

What is Patroclus afraid of, in the moment after he and Achilles kiss?

Accepted Answer

That Achilles will hate him.

Question 34

How old is Patroclus when his father takes him to declare himself as a suitor to Tyndareus’ daughter?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 35

Where is Patroclus exiled to?

Accepted Answer

Phthia

Question 36

What does Patroclus say is unnatural about Thetis?

Accepted Answer

Her height.

Question 37

How does Patroclus learn to discern Thetis’ visits?

Accepted Answer

By the silence

Question 38

How does Patroclus describe his father?

Accepted Answer

Short and Powerful

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

Fame

Question 40

Why do kings send their daughters to Lycomedes?

Accepted Answer

For fostering

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