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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the strophe?
(a) Front to back.
(b) Right to left.
(c) Left to right.
(d) Back to front.

2. What is the epode?
(a) Ending of the song.
(b) Middle of the song.
(c) Third verse.
(d) Added song.

3. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aias.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Odysseus.

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

5. How does Ajax's wife try to talk him out of killing himself?
(a) By asking him to consider her shame if he killed himself.
(b) By mentioning he has a son to raise.
(c) By asking him to consider his father's shame if he killed himself.
(d) By mentioning that he has people depending on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strophe?

2. What does the Chorus think should "hide one who is sick in soul"?

3. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?

4. What is the name of Ajax's son?

5. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?

(see the answer key)

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