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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?
(a) As the exposition.
(b) As the falling action.
(c) As the rising action.
(d) As the climax.

2. Who enters while Ajax is speaking to the Chorus in Part III?
(a) His son.
(b) Athena.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Tecmessa.

3. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa to come out of her tent, what do they call her?
(a) Woman born to fear.
(b) Woman born to sorrow.
(c) Woman born to pain.
(d) Woman born to death.

4. What is the strophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus to one side.
(b) The finishing of the Chorus' song.
(c) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.
(d) The middle of the Chorus' song.

5. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?
(a) Athena.
(b) Ares.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?

3. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?

4. Teucer's comments about Hector reveal a secondary theme, which is what?

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

(see the answer key)

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