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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus to one side.
(b) The middle of the Chorus' song.
(c) The finishing of the Chorus' song.
(d) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.

2. How is Teucer greeted at the Greek camp?
(a) With cheers and happiness.
(b) With silence.
(c) With taunts and insults.
(d) With isolation.

3. What is Odysseus examining when Athena appears?
(a) The trees.
(b) The ground.
(c) The sky.
(d) The stars.

4. What does Ajax compare living without honor to?
(a) Dying.
(b) Living in shame.
(c) Living in fear.
(d) Capture by the enemy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ajax slaughter a herd of cattle?

2. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

3. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?

4. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?

5. What does Ajax say the following words are: Foes' gifts are no gifts: profit bring they none?

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