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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ajax's wife cover his dead body?
(a) Because it is a horrible sight.
(b) To prevent others from knowing how he died.
(c) To prevent someone from hurting the body.
(d) To keep herself clean while carrying the body.

2. When the Choruses first appear after Ajax's death, what are they complaining about?
(a) How futile their searches are.
(b) How their feet hurt from searching.
(c) How hard their searches for Ajax are.
(d) How hot it is while they are searching.

3. When Ajax leaves their presence, the Chorus rejoices in his what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Resolutions.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Repentance.

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

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

6. What does inter mean?
(a) To bury.
(b) To clothe.
(c) To save.
(d) To put away.

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

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

9. Who is "Thestor's son"?
(a) Tecmessa.
(b) The Seer.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Teucer.

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

11. What does Ajax mention doing to the sword during his soliloquy before his death?
(a) Using his sword.
(b) Sharpening his sword.
(c) Polishing his sword.
(d) Dulling his sword.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the soldiers have out when they greeted Teucer?

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

3. Who generally can break the cycle that killing and humiliation begin?

4. Who did Ajax take his sword from?

5. Who discovers Ajax's body?

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