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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is used, in Part II, to indicate that Ajax will die?
(a) Context.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Symbolism.

2. Who is the only warrior greater than Ajax?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

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

4. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Envy.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Madness.
(d) Fear.

5. Who are the Greeks trying to rescue in this war?
(a) Gredtha.
(b) Archemis.
(c) Parriuls.
(d) Helen.

6. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?
(a) Doesn't want to raise his son.
(b) Doesn't want to leave Odysseus behind.
(c) Doesn't want to face the humiliation.
(d) Doesn't want to leave the battle.

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

8. What does Ajax tell his son that he must become?
(a) A smart warrior.
(b) A great warrior.
(c) A strong warrior.
(d) A benevolent warrior.

9. What does the Chorus call the mood that Ajax is in during Part II?
(a) A black mood.
(b) A dark mood.
(c) A failing mood.
(d) A curse.

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

11. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Ajax's father.
(d) The Chorus.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?

2. Who does Ajax give his son's care to?

3. When Tecmessa confirms, to the Chorus, that Ajax slaughtered cattle, what does the Chorus say it might be time to do?

4. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?

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

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