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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confirms Odysseus' suspicions that Ajax slaughtered a herd of cattle?
(a) Menaleus.
(b) Terues.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Athena.

2. Who is the first speaker in the play?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Athena.

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

4. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Sophocles.

5. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?
(a) Outside Ajax's tent.
(b) Outside Ajax's wagon.
(c) Outside Ajax's home.
(d) Outside Ajax's ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Ajax's son onto the stage?

2. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?

3. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?

4. What is the strophe?

5. When is this play set?

(see the answer key)

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