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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ajax think Achilles would have wanted to have his things?
(a) His mother.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) The gods.

2. Who does Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?
(a) His brother.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) The Chorus.

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

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

5. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) On a boat.
(b) Dead.
(c) Captured.
(d) In slavery somewhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strophe?

2. What is Menelaus' title?

3. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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