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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ajax pray for, after praying that his friends follow through on his instructions to have his son raised by Teucer?
(a) He prays he finds contentment.
(b) He prays he finds peace.
(c) He prays he finds rest.
(d) He prays he finds happiness.

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

5. What did the soldiers have out when they greeted Teucer?
(a) Bread.
(b) Wine.
(c) Swords.
(d) Knives.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who does Ajax want to find his body?
(a) His father.
(b) Tecmessa.
(c) His son.
(d) Teucer.

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

13. Who did Ajax take his sword from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Trajens.
(c) Segldon.
(d) Hector.

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

15. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?
(a) Bringing honor to themselves.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Futile.
(d) Their duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Teucer say: O ghastly sight! Victim of ruthless courage!

2. Who does Ajax pray will carry the news of his death to his parents?

3. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa to come out of her tent, what do they call her?

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

5. Who enters while Ajax is speaking to the Chorus in Part III?

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