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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The Council.
(c) The Ristrivide.
(d) The Atreidae.

2. What is the strophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.
(b) The turning of the Chorus to one side.
(c) The finishing of the Chorus' song.
(d) The middle of the Chorus' song.

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

4. What will happen to the rest of Ajax's armor?
(a) It will be thrown in the ocean.
(b) It will be buried with him.
(c) It will be used by someone else.
(d) It will be burned.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the antistrophe?

3. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?

4. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?

5. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

(see the answer key)

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