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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tecmessa says that Menelaus and Agamemnon will soon feel what over contributing to the death of such a great warrior?
(a) Regret.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pain.

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

3. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?
(a) The Creatians.
(b) The Spartans.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Trojans.

4. What does the Chorus think that Menelaus will do when he comes to speak to Teucer?
(a) Share more rumors.
(b) Steal Ajax's son.
(c) Mock his misery.
(d) Take Ajax's body.

5. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?
(a) His father and Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus and Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon and Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first speaker in the play?

2. What is the term used to describe a speech given by a character alone on stage, normally inwardly directed?

3. Who tells Teucer that Ajax's last wish was for him to raise his son?

4. What is a lament?

5. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?

(see the answer key)

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