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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ajax compare living without honor to?
(a) Capture by the enemy.
(b) Living in fear.
(c) Dying.
(d) Living in shame.

3. What is Odysseus examining when Athena appears?
(a) The stars.
(b) The sky.
(c) The ground.
(d) The trees.

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

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

6. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"
(a) Leader.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Gentleman.
(d) Lord.

7. Who does the Chorus think will grieve if Ajax continues to be self-destructive?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

8. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?
(a) Telanon.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Temacus.
(d) Odysseus.

9. How many people accompany Ajax's son onto the stage?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

10. What is the strophe?
(a) The turning of the Chorus to one side.
(b) The middle of the Chorus' song.
(c) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.
(d) The finishing of the Chorus' song.

11. Who does Ajax tell Athena that he thinks he has captured, and will torture?
(a) Aias.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

12. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?
(a) Make him invisible.
(b) Make him wiser.
(c) Make him stronger.
(d) Make him invincible.

13. Why does Ajax slaughter a herd of cattle?
(a) Out of madness.
(b) Out of fear.
(c) Out of jealousy.
(d) Out of spite.

14. Who is Telamon?
(a) Ajax's father.
(b) Ajax's son.
(c) Ajax's king.
(d) Ajax's brother.

15. What is the epode?
(a) Added song.
(b) Third verse.
(c) Ending of the song.
(d) Middle of the song.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Athena first refer to Odysseus?

2. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?

3. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?

4. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?

5. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?

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