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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ajax's state of mind at his death?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Turmoil.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Grief-filled.

2. Why is acting out of revenge considered foolish?
(a) Because emotional behavior is for women.
(b) Because revenge is for commoners.
(c) Because you are acting out of emotion, not thought.
(d) Because revenge is not honorable.

3. By struggling against a prophecy, the characters are struggling against what?
(a) Destiny.
(b) The Gods.
(c) Nature.
(d) Fate.

4. How many parts is the Chorus split into after Ajax's death?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. Who says: Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good /That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
(a) Teucer.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Tecmessa.
(d) The Chorus.

6. What does the Chorus think that Menelaus will do when he comes to speak to Teucer?
(a) Steal Ajax's son.
(b) Share more rumors.
(c) Mock his misery.
(d) Take Ajax's body.

7. What does Ajax's wife cover Ajax's body with?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A robe.
(c) A towel.
(d) A rug.

8. Why is revenge often a theme in Greek plays?
(a) Because it shows humanity's duplicity.
(b) Because it helps explore humanity's dark side.
(c) Because it helps explore humanity's passionate and impulsive nature.
(d) Because it was a common way of life.

9. Who made the prophecy the messenger refers to?
(a) Calchas.
(b) Calcinnea.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Caliiadea.

10. What was Hector tied to, and then drug behind?
(a) Odysseus' horse.
(b) Odysseus' chariot.
(c) Achilles' horse.
(d) Achilles' chariot.

11. Where does Ajax sit while he gives a soliloquy before he kills himself?
(a) In the water.
(b) On a rock.
(c) Next to a tree.
(d) In front of his sword.

12. Where does Part IV begin?
(a) On an isolated beach.
(b) Next to a ship.
(c) Beside an isolated river.
(d) In an isolated valley.

13. In the stage directions, when Ajax dies, what is his body partially concealed by?
(a) The trees.
(b) The underbrush.
(c) The rocks.
(d) The waves.

14. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa to come out of her tent, what do they call her?
(a) Woman born to pain.
(b) Woman born to fear.
(c) Woman born to sorrow.
(d) Woman born to death.

15. Who enters while Ajax is speaking to the Chorus in Part III?
(a) His son.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Tecmessa.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls for Tecmessa to come listen to the messenger?

2. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?

3. In Greek drama, killing and humiliation bring what?

4. What does inter mean?

5. What is Ajax carrying when he enters in Part III?

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