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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Teucer predicts that his father will feel what kind of grief?
(a) Ugly and horrendous grief.
(b) Sorrowful and distant grief.
(c) Pitiful and shameful grief.
(d) Painful and angry grief.

2. The messenger tells a story to the Chorus that shows Ajax has what quality?
(a) Great intelligence.
(b) Great confidence.
(c) Great cunning.
(d) Great pride.

3. Who tells Teucer that Ajax's last wish was for him to raise his son?
(a) The gods.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Tecmessa.
(d) Ajax's son.

4. What does the Chorus call Menelaus, after Ajax's death?
(a) A fair mind and a friend.
(b) A villain and a foe.
(c) A lion in sheep's clothing.
(d) A friend and a foe.

5. What does Ajax say that all things must bow to?
(a) Authority.
(b) Power.
(c) The Gods.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers Ajax's body?

2. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?

3. Who told Ajax: Seek victory by the spear/But seek it always with the help of heaven?

4. Who enters while Ajax is speaking to the Chorus in Part III?

5. Who says: Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good /That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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