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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Agamemnon's grandfather, according to Teucer?
(a) A servant.
(b) A slave.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A barbarian.

3. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?
(a) Hid him.
(b) Sent him to battle.
(c) Took him back to the ship.
(d) Sent him home.

4. Who tells Teucer that Ajax's last wish was for him to raise his son?
(a) Tecmessa.
(b) The gods.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Ajax's son.

5. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) On a boat.
(b) Captured.
(c) In slavery somewhere.
(d) Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teucer predicts that his father will feel what kind of grief?

2. What was Hector tied to, and then drug behind?

3. What does Ajax compare living without honor to?

4. The Chorus, after Ajax's death, laments that Ajax was their defense against what?

5. After telling Teucer what to do with Ajax's body, what does Menelaus say must be obeyed?

(see the answer key)

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