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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 Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His son.
(d) The Chorus.

2. What is the name of Ajax's son?
(a) Euthercidenes.
(b) Eurysaces.
(c) Ephesianus.
(d) Euripides.

3. What does Ajax compare living without honor to?
(a) Capture by the enemy.
(b) Living in fear.
(c) Dying.
(d) Living in shame.

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

5. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
(a) Take back his insolence against the gods.
(b) Return to his tent.
(c) Return to sanity.
(d) Pay heed to the gods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the epode?

3. How does Ajax's wife try to talk him out of killing himself?

4. Who is Athena?

5. What does the Chorus call the mood that Ajax is in during Part II?

(see the answer key)

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