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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 the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Envy.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Madness.

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

3. What is Odysseus king of?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Greece.
(c) Crete.
(d) Troy.

4. During Ajax's long speech in Part II, what does he feel has been destroyed?
(a) His soul.
(b) His life.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His honor.

5. Who is Athena?
(a) Goddess of strife.
(b) Goddess of peace.
(c) Goddess of conflict.
(d) Goddess of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ajax compare living without honor to?

2. What is the name of Ajax's son?

3. Who does the Chorus think will grieve if Ajax continues to be self-destructive?

4. What device is used, in Part II, to indicate that Ajax will die?

5. What is Odysseus examining when Athena appears?

(see the answer key)

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