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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which side is Ajax fighting on?
(a) Athenian.
(b) Spartan.
(c) Greek.
(d) Menelian.

2. 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 gods.
(c) The spirits of slain warriors.
(d) His wife.

3. Who discovers Ajax's body?
(a) Teucer.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Tecmessa.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. Where is Odysseus when Athena appears to him?
(a) Outside Ajax's tent.
(b) Outside Ajax's home.
(c) Outside Ajax's ship.
(d) Outside Ajax's wagon.

5. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song between Ajax's speech and the arrival of the messenger?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?

2. What does the Chorus think that Menelaus will do when he comes to speak to Teucer?

3. Who are the goddesses of vengeance?

4. When the Choruses first appear after Ajax's death, what are they complaining about?

5. When Tecmessa confirms, to the Chorus, that Ajax slaughtered cattle, what does the Chorus say it might be time to do?

(see the answer key)

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