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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the Chorus believe spread a rumor about Ajax slaughtering cattle?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Hermound.
(c) Ares.
(d) Artemis.

3. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) Captured.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In slavery somewhere.
(d) Dead.

4. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?
(a) His horse.
(b) His shield.
(c) His ring.
(d) His sword.

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

6. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?
(a) The Ristrivide.
(b) The Council.
(c) The Atreidae.
(d) The Senate.

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

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

9. 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.

10. Who is Athena?
(a) Goddess of conflict.
(b) Goddess of peace.
(c) Goddess of strife.
(d) Goddess of war.

11. Which side is Ajax fighting on?
(a) Spartan.
(b) Athenian.
(c) Menelian.
(d) Greek.

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

13. What did Ajax do in the middle of the carnage that he wrought?
(a) Cry.
(b) Collapse.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Die.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to the rest of Ajax's armor?

2. What is the epode?

3. What is Odysseus king of?

4. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?

5. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?

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