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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.