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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 Odysseus examining when Athena appears?
(a) The stars.
(b) The trees.
(c) The sky.
(d) The ground.

2. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?
(a) Sent him home.
(b) Took him back to the ship.
(c) Hid him.
(d) Sent him to battle.

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

4. What does Ajax tell his son that he must become?
(a) A benevolent warrior.
(b) A great warrior.
(c) A smart warrior.
(d) A strong warrior.

5. What did Ajax do in the middle of the carnage that he wrought?
(a) Die.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Collapse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?

3. What is the strophe?

4. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?

5. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?

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