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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What purpose does the messenger serve in Classical Greek theater?
(a) He is a minor character.
(b) He is a common narrative device.
(c) He is a minor insight into the characters.
(d) He is a common informational device.

3. Who attempts to see Ajax, and is refused by Tecmessa?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The messenger.
(c) Her son.
(d) The leader.

4. Who urges Teucer to plan Ajax's funeral?
(a) Ajax's son.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Tecmessa.

5. Why is revenge often a theme in Greek plays?
(a) Because it helps explore humanity's dark side.
(b) Because it helps explore humanity's passionate and impulsive nature.
(c) Because it was a common way of life.
(d) Because it shows humanity's duplicity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) Sorrow.
(d) Fear.

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

15. What does the Chorus call Menelaus, after Ajax's death?
(a) A villain and a foe.
(b) A friend and a foe.
(c) A fair mind and a friend.
(d) A lion in sheep's clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?

2. What is hubris?

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

4. Teucer's comments about Hector reveal a secondary theme, which is what?

5. Why does Ajax make his speech to the Chorus?

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