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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"
(a) Soldier.
(b) Leader.
(c) Lord.
(d) Gentleman.

2. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?
(a) The Ristrivide.
(b) The Senate.
(c) The Atreidae.
(d) The Council.

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

4. What is Ajax's mother's name?
(a) Erintide.
(b) Earstiane.
(c) Eriboea.
(d) Etherian.

5. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Aias.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?

2. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?

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

4. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?

5. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?

(see the answer key)

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