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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Ajax's father.
(d) The Chorus.

2. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aias.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus.

3. Who made the prophecy the messenger refers to?
(a) Calcinnea.
(b) Caligula.
(c) Caliiadea.
(d) Calchas.

4. When Agamemnon begins to argue with Teucer, what does the Chorus want Agamemnon to do?
(a) Leave Ajax's body alone.
(b) Leave.
(c) Moderate his judgement.
(d) Speak not words that are untrue.

5. What is the antistrophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus the other way.
(b) The turning of the Chorus towards the audience.
(c) The dancing of the Chorus.
(d) The beginning of the Chorus' song.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will happen to the rest of Ajax's armor?

3. During Ajax's long speech in Part II, what does he feel has been destroyed?

4. By struggling against a prophecy, the characters are struggling against what?

5. Who was Agamemnon's grandfather, according to Teucer?

(see the answer key)

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