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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?
(a) Doesn't want to raise his son.
(b) Doesn't want to face the humiliation.
(c) Doesn't want to leave the battle.
(d) Doesn't want to leave Odysseus behind.

2. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
(a) Take back his insolence against the gods.
(b) Return to his tent.
(c) Return to sanity.
(d) Pay heed to the gods.

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

4. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?
(a) Temacus.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Telanon.
(d) Odysseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?

2. In Part I, who is the Chorus made up of?

3. Who are the Greeks trying to rescue in this war?

4. What did Odysseus get that Ajax wanted?

5. What is Menelaus' title?

(see the answer key)

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