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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does inter mean?
(a) To bury.
(b) To clothe.
(c) To save.
(d) To put away.

2. What rules does Ajax say must be obeyed?
(a) The rules of man.
(b) The rules of nature.
(c) The rules of warfare.
(d) The rules of society.

3. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?
(a) Agammemnon.
(b) The spirits of slain warriors.
(c) His wife.
(d) The gods.

4. Who does Ajax think Achilles would have wanted to have his things?
(a) Ajax.
(b) His mother.
(c) The gods.
(d) Odysseus.

5. Who does Ajax want to curse Agamemnon and Menelaus?
(a) The Fates.
(b) The Horsemen.
(c) The Harpies.
(d) The Furies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?

4. What does Ajax tell his son that he must become?

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

(see the answer key)

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