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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the strophe?
(a) Left to right.
(b) Right to left.
(c) Front to back.
(d) Back to front.

2. In Part I, who is the Chorus made up of?
(a) Gentlemen.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Servants.
(d) Warriors.

3. Who does the Chorus think will grieve if Ajax continues to be self-destructive?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

4. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the antistrophe?
(a) Back to front.
(b) Front to back.
(c) Right to left.
(d) Left to right.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?

3. Who is the first speaker in the play?

4. What is Menelaus' title?

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

(see the answer key)

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