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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Teucer predicts that his father will feel what kind of grief?
(a) Painful and angry grief.
(b) Pitiful and shameful grief.
(c) Sorrowful and distant grief.
(d) Ugly and horrendous grief.

2. Who does Teucer predict his father will vent his grief against?
(a) Those who betrayed Ajax.
(b) Those who fought Ajax.
(c) Those who didn't stop Ajax.
(d) Those who shamed Ajax.

3. What rules does Ajax say must be obeyed?
(a) The rules of warfare.
(b) The rules of society.
(c) The rules of man.
(d) The rules of nature.

4. What are some of the normal events, that take place off stage, that the messengers bring word of?
(a) Ships sinking, deaths, and far-off events.
(b) Battles, marriages, deaths, suicides, and far-off events.
(c) Suicides, battle,s or deaths.
(d) Marriages, births, and battles.

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

6. How is Teucer greeted at the Greek camp?
(a) With cheers and happiness.
(b) With silence.
(c) With taunts and insults.
(d) With isolation.

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

8. Tecmessa says that Menelaus and Agamemnon will soon feel what over contributing to the death of such a great warrior?
(a) Regret.
(b) Pain.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sorrow.

9. Where does Tecmessa want Ajax to meet Teucer?
(a) On his ship.
(b) At the fire.
(c) In his tent.
(d) In his hut.

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

11. Who are the goddesses of vengeance?
(a) The Furies.
(b) The Fates.
(c) The Flurries.
(d) The Harpies.

12. Teucer's comments about Hector reveal a secondary theme, which is what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Fear.
(c) Spite.
(d) Revenge.

13. The messenger tells the story the Seer told of Ajax's __________.
(a) Stubbornnes.
(b) Parents.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Youth.

14. The messenger was supposed to keep Ajax in what location until Teucer could speak with him?
(a) On his ship.
(b) In the infirmary.
(c) In the camp.
(d) In his tent.

15. How has Ajax planted his sword in the ground?
(a) Flat, on its side.
(b) Point first.
(c) Hilt first.
(d) Standing on its edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the messenger, if Calchas' prophecy doesn't come true, then what is Calchas?

2. What does Ajax mention doing to the sword during his soliloquy before his death?

3. How are prophecies in Classical Greek theater perceived?

4. What does Ajax's wife cover Ajax's body with?

5. What does the Chorus think that Menelaus will do when he comes to speak to Teucer?

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