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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Trojans.
(c) The Spartans.
(d) The Creatians.

2. At the beginning of Part III, who is Ajax prepared to make peace with?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) His fellow warriors.
(c) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(d) His father.

3. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Telanon.
(c) Temacus.
(d) Odysseus.

4. What does Ajax mention doing to the sword during his soliloquy before his death?
(a) Dulling his sword.
(b) Using his sword.
(c) Sharpening his sword.
(d) Polishing his sword.

5. Who says: Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good /That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
(a) Teucer.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Tecmessa.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls for Tecmessa to come listen to the messenger?

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

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

4. What is the epode?

5. What are some of the normal events, that take place off stage, that the messengers bring word of?

(see the answer key)

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