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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?
(a) His wife.
(b) Agammemnon.
(c) The spirits of slain warriors.
(d) The gods.

2. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?
(a) His horse.
(b) His sword.
(c) His ring.
(d) His shield.

3. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?
(a) Outside Ajax's tent.
(b) Outside Ajax's ship.
(c) Outside Ajax's wagon.
(d) Outside Ajax's home.

4. What are some of the normal events, that take place off stage, that the messengers bring word of?
(a) Marriages, births, and battles.
(b) Battles, marriages, deaths, suicides, and far-off events.
(c) Suicides, battle,s or deaths.
(d) Ships sinking, deaths, and far-off events.

5. What is Ajax's mother's name?
(a) Etherian.
(b) Eriboea.
(c) Earstiane.
(d) Erintide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?

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

3. By struggling against a prophecy, the characters are struggling against what?

4. Why does Ajax make his speech to the Chorus?

5. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?

(see the answer key)

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