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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ajax pray for, after praying that his friends follow through on his instructions to have his son raised by Teucer?
(a) He prays he finds peace.
(b) He prays he finds happiness.
(c) He prays he finds rest.
(d) He prays he finds contentment.

2. Teucer tells Tecmessa to defend her husband's body how?
(a) As best as she can.
(b) With her knife.
(c) As if she is a man.
(d) To the death.

3. Where does Ajax sit while he gives a soliloquy before he kills himself?
(a) Next to a tree.
(b) In the water.
(c) On a rock.
(d) In front of his sword.

4. What is a lament?
(a) An expression of tiredness.
(b) An expression of pain.
(c) An expression of death.
(d) An expression of grief.

5. Why does Ajax's wife cover his dead body?
(a) Because it is a horrible sight.
(b) To prevent others from knowing how he died.
(c) To keep herself clean while carrying the body.
(d) To prevent someone from hurting the body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Teucer order to dig a grave for Ajax?

2. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?

3. Who does Ajax want to find his body?

4. What does Ajax tell the Chorus that Tecmessa awakened?

5. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?

(see the answer key)

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