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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 fear.
(d) Woman born to sorrow.

2. When does Teucer say: O ghastly sight! Victim of ruthless courage!
(a) When he is praying about Ajax's death.
(b) When Menelaus comes to talk to him.
(c) When he sees Tecmessa weeping.
(d) When the cover is lifted from Ajax's body.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ajax say the following words are: Foes' gifts are no gifts: profit bring they none?
(a) Wisdom from his mother.
(b) Wisdom from his father.
(c) Ancient proverb.
(d) Good advice from wise counselors.

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

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

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

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

13. What is Ajax carrying when he enters in Part III?
(a) His armor.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A spear.

14. 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 rest.
(c) He prays he finds happiness.
(d) He prays he finds peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hubris?

2. The messenger tells the story the Seer told of Ajax's __________.

3. Why is acting out of revenge considered foolish?

4. In the stage directions, when Ajax dies, what is his body partially concealed by?

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

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