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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?
(a) Make him wiser.
(b) Make him invincible.
(c) Make him stronger.
(d) Make him invisible.

2. What does the Chorus call the mood that Ajax is in during Part II?
(a) A black mood.
(b) A curse.
(c) A dark mood.
(d) A failing mood.

3. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?
(a) Nothing, he would ride home.
(b) Aegean sea.
(c) Cretian sea.
(d) Inland sea.

4. Who is the first speaker in the play?
(a) Athena.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Ajax.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?

3. Who is Tecmessa?

4. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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