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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 Menelaus' title?
(a) Priest.
(b) King.
(c) Lord.
(d) Warrior.

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

3. Who are the Greeks trying to rescue in this war?
(a) Parriuls.
(b) Gredtha.
(c) Helen.
(d) Archemis.

4. Who does Ajax give his son's care to?
(a) Aisis.
(b) His mother.
(c) Teucer.
(d) His father.

5. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
(a) Return to sanity.
(b) Pay heed to the gods.
(c) Return to his tent.
(d) Take back his insolence against the gods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?

3. What does Ajax strive not to be in his actions?

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

5. What is Ajax's mother's name?

(see the answer key)

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