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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After hearing the messenger, who does Tecmessa order to search for Ajax and bring him back to his tent?
(a) The sailors.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The servants.

5. What is the term used to describe a speech given by a character alone on stage, normally inwardly directed?
(a) Prologue.
(b) Monologue.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Speech.

6. 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 death.
(c) Woman born to sorrow.
(d) Woman born to fear.

7. How are prophecies in Classical Greek theater perceived?
(a) As infallible.
(b) As possibly wrong.
(c) As full truths.
(d) As partial truths.

8. Who calls for Tecmessa to come listen to the messenger?
(a) Teucer.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The leaders.
(d) The soldiers.

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

10. Who does Ajax want to curse Agamemnon and Menelaus?
(a) The Fates.
(b) The Horsemen.
(c) The Furies.
(d) The Harpies.

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

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

13. At the beginning of Part III, who is Ajax prepared to make peace with?
(a) His father.
(b) His fellow warriors.
(c) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(d) Odysseus.

14. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?
(a) By burying his sword.
(b) By burying his armor.
(c) By burning an offering to the gods.
(d) By going home.

15. Where does Ajax tell the Chorus he is going to go in order to appease Athena's wrath?
(a) To the meadows over the hill.
(b) To the meadows by the shore.
(c) To the meadows by the river.
(d) To the meadows in the trees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ajax's wife cover his dead body?

3. When Teucer arrives at the Greek camp, where does he come from?

4. Who urges Teucer to plan Ajax's funeral?

5. How has Ajax planted his sword in the ground?

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