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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Evening.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Dusk.

2. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?
(a) Athena.
(b) Ares.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Artemis.

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

4. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?
(a) Becomes a slave.
(b) Has to stay home and raise her son.
(c) Re-marries.
(d) Is given to another man.

5. What is Odysseus king of?
(a) Crete.
(b) Troy.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?

2. What is Menelaus' title?

3. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?

4. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?

5. How does Athena first refer to Odysseus?

(see the answer key)

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