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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. Who confirms Odysseus' suspicions that Ajax slaughtered a herd of cattle?
(a) Menaleus.
(b) Terues.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ajax.

2. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?
(a) The Men.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Orchestra.
(d) The Group.

3. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Fear.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Pain.

4. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) Captured.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In slavery somewhere.
(d) Dead.

5. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the strophe?
(a) Back to front.
(b) Front to back.
(c) Left to right.
(d) Right to left.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

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

3. What will happen to the rest of Ajax's armor?

4. What is Odysseus king of?

5. How many parts are there to the Chorus' song that ends Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Athena say when she first appears to Odysseus and why does she appear?

4. What is the general purpose of a messenger in Classical Greek theater?

5. What is Ajax's state of mind right before he kills himself?

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

7. What does Ajax's betrayal earn him, according to Menelaus?

8. According to Teucer, why did Ajax join the Greeks in the Trojan War, and what effect does that have?

9. What does Teucer tell Eurysaces to do when he is placed besides Ajax's body, and why?

10. Describe Odysseus.

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