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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 the strophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus to one side.
(b) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.
(c) The middle of the Chorus' song.
(d) The finishing of the Chorus' song.

2. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Fear.
(b) Madness.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Envy.

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

4. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?
(a) Ares.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

5. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Ares.
(d) Hermound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

2. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?

3. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?

4. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song that ends Part II?

5. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?

(see the answer key)

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