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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From what does Ajax's anger at Greek leadership stem?
(a) His injuries.
(b) His greed.
(c) His illness.
(d) His wounded honor.

4. When is this play set?
(a) Early in the Spartan War.
(b) Late in the Spartan War.
(c) Early in the Trojan War.
(d) Late in the Trojan War.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many people accompany Ajax's son onto the stage?

4. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?

5. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?

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