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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?
(a) Homer.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sophocles.

2. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?
(a) As the exposition.
(b) As the rising action.
(c) As the falling action.
(d) As the climax.

3. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?
(a) Sent him home.
(b) Hid him.
(c) Sent him to battle.
(d) Took him back to the ship.

4. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The Atreidae.
(c) The Council.
(d) The Ristrivide.

5. How many people accompany Ajax's son onto the stage?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only warrior greater than Ajax?

2. What will happen to Ajax's wife if he dies?

3. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?

4. Who brings Ajax's son onto the stage?

5. What is Ajax's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. While the search for Ajax is occurring, what does Teucer do?

2. How does Ajax plan to free himself from Athena's influence and why does he think it will work?

3. What does Menelaus threaten Teucer with, if Teucer disobeys?

4. What does the prophecy by Calchas say?

5. When the Chorus unsuccessfully attempts to calm Ajax, what does Ajax bemoan?

6. How does Ajax plan to use the sword to kill himself?

7. Why does the Chorus suggest that it is time the Chorus members flee?

8. How is the theme of honor brought up in the first lines of the Chorus?

9. Why does Ajax list the ways he thinks his honor has been destroyed?

10. What does Agamemnon tell Teucer he had no right to do?

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