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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ajax take his sword from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Trajens.
(d) Segldon.

2. What are some of the normal events, that take place off stage, that the messengers bring word of?
(a) Battles, marriages, deaths, suicides, and far-off events.
(b) Ships sinking, deaths, and far-off events.
(c) Suicides, battle,s or deaths.
(d) Marriages, births, and battles.

3. Why does Ajax slaughter a herd of cattle?
(a) Out of jealousy.
(b) Out of fear.
(c) Out of spite.
(d) Out of madness.

4. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Ajax's father.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Ajax.

5. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?
(a) Agamemnon and Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus and Odysseus.
(c) His father and Agamemnon.
(d) Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?

2. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?

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

4. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?

5. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?

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