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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who brings Ajax's son onto the stage?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Attendants.
(c) Lords.
(d) Slaves.

4. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song that ends Part II?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

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

6. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?
(a) Pan.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

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

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

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

10. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?
(a) In the Chorus' second lines.
(b) In the Chorus' third lines.
(c) In the Chorus' last lines.
(d) In the Chorus' first lines.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?

2. What is Menelaus' title?

3. Who confirms Odysseus' suspicions that Ajax slaughtered a herd of cattle?

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

5. During Ajax's long speech in Part II, what does he feel has been destroyed?

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