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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the antistrophe?
(a) The beginning of the Chorus' song.
(b) The turning of the Chorus the other way.
(c) The dancing of the Chorus.
(d) The turning of the Chorus towards the audience.

9. When Tecmessa confirms, to the Chorus, that Ajax slaughtered cattle, what does the Chorus say it might be time to do?
(a) Escape.
(b) Fight.
(c) Flee.
(d) Hide.

10. Who is the first speaker in the play?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ajax.

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

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

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

14. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?
(a) As the exposition.
(b) As the falling action.
(c) As the rising action.
(d) As the climax.

15. What is Ajax's mother's name?
(a) Erintide.
(b) Earstiane.
(c) Eriboea.
(d) Etherian.

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. Who brings Ajax's son onto the stage?

4. Where are Tecmessa's parents?

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

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