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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song between Ajax's speech and the arrival of the messenger?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Teucer predict his father will vent his grief against?
(a) Those who shamed Ajax.
(b) Those who betrayed Ajax.
(c) Those who didn't stop Ajax.
(d) Those who fought Ajax.

10. The messenger tells the story the Seer told of Ajax's __________.
(a) Stubbornnes.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Youth.
(d) Parents.

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

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

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

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

15. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa to come out of her tent, what do they call her?
(a) Woman born to death.
(b) Woman born to pain.
(c) Woman born to sorrow.
(d) Woman born to fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many parts is the Chorus split into after Ajax's death?

3. Why does Ajax's wife cover his dead body?

4. At the end of Part III, Tecmessa realizes that Ajax has done what to her?

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

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