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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Ajax's son?
(a) Ephesianus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Euthercidenes.
(d) Eurysaces.

2. Who does Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

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

4. What did Ajax do in the middle of the carnage that he wrought?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Die.
(c) Collapse.
(d) Cry.

5. What does Ajax strive not to be in his actions?
(a) A coward.
(b) A fool.
(c) A smart man.
(d) A religious man.

6. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song that ends Part II?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

7. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?
(a) Inland sea.
(b) Aegean sea.
(c) Nothing, he would ride home.
(d) Cretian sea.

8. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Pain.
(d) Fear.

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

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

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

12. Who does Ajax think Achilles would have wanted to have his things?
(a) His mother.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) The gods.

13. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Pan.

14. Who is Tecmessa?
(a) Ajax's captive.
(b) Ajax's wife.
(c) Ajax's daughter.
(d) Ajax's servant.

15. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Evening.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

2. Who does the Chorus think will grieve if Ajax continues to be self-destructive?

3. Which side is Ajax fighting on?

4. What is the strophe?

5. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?

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