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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ajax's wife try to talk him out of killing himself?
(a) By asking him to consider her shame if he killed himself.
(b) By mentioning he has a son to raise.
(c) By asking him to consider his father's shame if he killed himself.
(d) By mentioning that he has people depending on him.

2. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Trojans.
(c) The Creatians.
(d) The Spartans.

3. What does Ajax strive not to be in his actions?
(a) A fool.
(b) A smart man.
(c) A religious man.
(d) A coward.

4. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the strophe?
(a) Right to left.
(b) Front to back.
(c) Back to front.
(d) Left to right.

5. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?
(a) In the Chorus' last lines.
(b) In the Chorus' second lines.
(c) In the Chorus' first lines.
(d) In the Chorus' third lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the epode?

2. Who is Athena?

3. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?

4. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?

5. Who does Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?

(see the answer key)

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