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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?
(a) In the Chorus' second lines.
(b) In the Chorus' last lines.
(c) In the Chorus' third lines.
(d) In the Chorus' first lines.

2. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) Captured.
(b) On a boat.
(c) Dead.
(d) In slavery somewhere.

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

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

5. Who does Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song between Ajax's speech and the arrival of the messenger?

3. Who does Ajax think Achilles would have wanted to have his things?

4. When Teucer arrives at the Greek camp, where does he come from?

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

(see the answer key)

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