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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song that ends Part II?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?
(a) Re-marries.
(b) Becomes a slave.
(c) Is given to another man.
(d) Has to stay home and raise her son.

3. Which side is Ajax fighting on?
(a) Greek.
(b) Menelian.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Spartan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?

2. Who is Telamon?

3. Who confirms Odysseus' suspicions that Ajax slaughtered a herd of cattle?

4. When Tecmessa confirms, to the Chorus, that Ajax slaughtered cattle, what does the Chorus say it might be time to do?

5. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?

(see the answer key)

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