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

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

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

4. Who is Telamon?
(a) Ajax's brother.
(b) Ajax's son.
(c) Ajax's father.
(d) Ajax's king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is this play set?

2. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?

3. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?

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

5. Who is the only warrior greater than Ajax?

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