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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The Men.
(c) The Orchestra.
(d) The Group.

3. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
(a) Return to sanity.
(b) Take back his insolence against the gods.
(c) Pay heed to the gods.
(d) Return to his tent.

4. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?
(a) Is given to another man.
(b) Has to stay home and raise her son.
(c) Becomes a slave.
(d) Re-marries.

5. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?
(a) From the shadows.
(b) Above.
(c) Below.
(d) The trees.

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

7. What is Menelaus' title?
(a) Priest.
(b) King.
(c) Lord.
(d) Warrior.

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

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

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

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

12. What is Odysseus king of?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Troy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Crete.

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

14. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the antistrophe?
(a) Right to left.
(b) Back to front.
(c) Left to right.
(d) Front to back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ajax's son?

2. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?

3. How does Athena first refer to Odysseus?

4. How does Ajax's wife try to talk him out of killing himself?

5. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?

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