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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the function of the Chorus in Part I?
(a) To serve as help for Odysseus.
(b) To serve as a warning to Ajax.
(c) To serve as support for Ajax's wife.
(d) To serve as Ajax's cheering section.

3. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?
(a) Below.
(b) The trees.
(c) Above.
(d) From the shadows.

4. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Fear.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Madness.
(d) Envy.

5. What does the Chorus call the mood that Ajax is in during Part II?
(a) A failing mood.
(b) A black mood.
(c) A curse.
(d) A dark mood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the antistrophe?

2. What is Odysseus examining when Athena appears?

3. What is the strophe?

4. What did Ajax do in the middle of the carnage that he wrought?

5. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?

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