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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the function of the Chorus in Part I?
(a) To serve as a warning to Ajax.
(b) To serve as help for Odysseus.
(c) To serve as support for Ajax's wife.
(d) To serve as Ajax's cheering section.

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

3. The messenger tells the story the Seer told of Ajax's __________.
(a) Stubbornnes.
(b) Youth.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Parents.

4. In Part I, who is the Chorus made up of?
(a) Servants.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Gentlemen.

5. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?
(a) From the shadows.
(b) The trees.
(c) Above.
(d) Below.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the stage directions, when Ajax dies, what is his body partially concealed by?

2. What is the epode?

3. Where does Ajax sit while he gives a soliloquy before he kills himself?

4. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the antistrophe?

5. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?

(see the answer key)

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