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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ajax make his speech to the Chorus?
(a) To stop them from pleading with him.
(b) To stop them from following him.
(c) To stop them from helping him.
(d) To stop them from killing him.

3. Who is the only warrior greater than Ajax?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Odysseus.

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

5. At the end of Part III, Tecmessa realizes that Ajax has done what to her?
(a) Loved her.
(b) Minimized her.
(c) Hated her.
(d) Deceived her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Chorus think should "hide one who is sick in soul"?

2. Who told Ajax: Seek victory by the spear/But seek it always with the help of heaven?

3. What is the term used to describe a speech given by a character alone on stage, normally inwardly directed?

4. Where are Tecmessa's parents?

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

(see the answer key)

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