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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Greek drama, killing and humiliation bring what?
(a) Peace and prosperity.
(b) Despair and reconciliation.
(c) More killing and humiliation.
(d) War and death.

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

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

5. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song between Ajax's speech and the arrival of the messenger?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

7. What is a dirge?
(a) A song that expresses true love.
(b) A somber song to express evil feelings.
(c) A somber song to express mourning.
(d) A song to express feeling.

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

9. 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.

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

11. According to the messenger, if Calchas' prophecy doesn't come true, then what is Calchas?
(a) A fraud.
(b) A foe.
(c) Not a prophet.
(d) Not a friend.

12. 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 death.
(d) Woman born to sorrow.

13. What does Ajax tell the Chorus that Tecmessa awakened?
(a) His conscious.
(b) His pity.
(c) His sorrow.
(d) His mind.

14. Who tells Teucer that Ajax's last wish was for him to raise his son?
(a) Ajax's son.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The gods.
(d) Tecmessa.

15. At the end of Part III, Tecmessa realizes that Ajax has done what to her?
(a) Minimized her.
(b) Loved her.
(c) Deceived her.
(d) Hated her.

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?

2. Where does Ajax tell the Chorus he is going to go in order to appease Athena's wrath?

3. Who does Ajax want to find his body?

4. What is hubris?

5. Where does Ajax sit while he gives a soliloquy before he kills himself?

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