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6. Why does Achilles decide to bury Patroclus sooner than planned?

  • Nestor gave Achilles a message from his father, asking him to bury him sooner.
  • Patroclus visited him in a dream and asked to be buried soon for his soul to move on.
  • Patroclus' mother made a journey across Troy to attend the burial.
  • Paris was threatening an attack on the Achaean camp in order to take back Patroclus' body.

7. What does Achilles organise for Patroclus after the burial of his bones?

  • A Funeral Games.
  • A Funeral Feast.
  • A wedding ceremony for the lost souls.
  • A sacrifice of one hundred goats.

8. What happens at the end of Book 23?

  • Achilles hands out gold to all the competitors and everyone is happy.
  • Athene and Hera arrive with food and everyone leaves happy.
  • Achilles and Antilochus reconcile and everyone is happy.
  • Trygaeus wins the rest of the games and everyone is jealous.

9. How does Achilles light Patroclus' funeral pyre?

  • He prays for assistance from the winds to light it.
  • He captures 100 Trojan women and orders them to light it.
  • He uses Hector's bones form the base of the pyre, which he lights.
  • He orders each of the Myrmidons to hold a burning arrow to the pyre to light it.

10. Why does Achilles finally decide to take Antilochus' prize and give it to the loser of the race?

  • Menelaus saw Antilochus commit a foul.
  • Nestor saw Antilochus receiving extra strength from Hephaestus.
  • Ajax heard Antilochus bribing Trygaeus into losing.
  • Antilochus suggests that Achilles is lying.