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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?
(a) Hermound.
(b) Ares.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Artemis.

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

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

4. Why does Ajax slaughter a herd of cattle?
(a) Out of jealousy.
(b) Out of fear.
(c) Out of spite.
(d) Out of madness.

5. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Pan.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?

2. Who are the Greeks trying to rescue in this war?

3. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?

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

5. What is the epode?

(see the answer key)

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