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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Odysseus get that Ajax wanted?
(a) Achilles' armor and weapons.
(b) Achilles' wife.
(c) Achilles' title.
(d) Achilles' land.

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

3. Why is acting out of revenge considered foolish?
(a) Because you are acting out of emotion, not thought.
(b) Because revenge is not honorable.
(c) Because revenge is for commoners.
(d) Because emotional behavior is for women.

4. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?
(a) By burying his sword.
(b) By burning an offering to the gods.
(c) By going home.
(d) By burying his armor.

5. Teucer predicts that his father will feel what kind of grief?
(a) Painful and angry grief.
(b) Ugly and horrendous grief.
(c) Pitiful and shameful grief.
(d) Sorrowful and distant grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. By struggling against a prophecy, the characters are struggling against what?

2. What is the name of Ajax's son?

3. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?

4. What is Ajax's mother's name?

5. Who confirms Odysseus' suspicions that Ajax slaughtered a herd of cattle?

(see the answer key)

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