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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?
(a) Sent him home.
(b) Hid him.
(c) Took him back to the ship.
(d) Sent him to battle.

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

3. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?
(a) His house.
(b) His carriage.
(c) His ship.
(d) His tent.

4. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?
(a) As the falling action.
(b) As the climax.
(c) As the rising action.
(d) As the exposition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?

2. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?

3. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?

4. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?

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

(see the answer key)

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