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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Odysseus get that Ajax wanted?
(a) Achilles' wife.
(b) Achilles' title.
(c) Achilles' armor and weapons.
(d) Achilles' land.

2. What is the name of Ajax's son?
(a) Euthercidenes.
(b) Ephesianus.
(c) Eurysaces.
(d) Euripides.

3. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Fear.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Madness.
(d) Envy.

4. How does Athena first refer to Odysseus?
(a) Son of Lamentes.
(b) Son of Langed.
(c) Son of Laertes.
(d) Son of Lional.

5. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Homer.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sophocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the function of the Chorus in Part I?

2. When is this play set?

3. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?

4. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?

5. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?

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