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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers Ajax's body?
(a) Teucer.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Tecmessa.

2. Who is the god of the sun?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermes.

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

4. What does Ajax say that all things must bow to?
(a) Authority.
(b) Hate.
(c) Power.
(d) The Gods.

5. Teucer predicts that his father will feel what kind of grief?
(a) Pitiful and shameful grief.
(b) Sorrowful and distant grief.
(c) Painful and angry grief.
(d) Ugly and horrendous grief.

6. Who are the goddesses of vengeance?
(a) The Furies.
(b) The Flurries.
(c) The Harpies.
(d) The Fates.

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

8. What is hubris?
(a) Excessive boasting.
(b) Excessive bragging.
(c) Excessive honor.
(d) Excessive pride.

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

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

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

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

13. The messenger tells a story to the Chorus that shows Ajax has what quality?
(a) Great confidence.
(b) Great cunning.
(c) Great pride.
(d) Great intelligence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ajax call to claim him, before falling on his sword?

2. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?

3. Who says: Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good /That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

4. How are prophecies in Classical Greek theater perceived?

5. Why is revenge often a theme in Greek plays?

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