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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 does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?
(a) Make him invincible.
(b) Make him invisible.
(c) Make him stronger.
(d) Make him wiser.

2. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?
(a) Ajax.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Ajax's father.

3. What is Menelaus' title?
(a) Lord.
(b) King.
(c) Warrior.
(d) Priest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Odysseus get that Ajax wanted?

2. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?

3. Who is Telamon?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teucer tell Tecmessa to do with Ajax's body, after he places Eurysaces besides the body?

2. Who goes in search of Ajax in Part 3?

3. What does Teucer think is Hector's revenge?

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

5. What does the Chorus foreshadow in Part 2?

6. Describe Odysseus.

7. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa, after Teucer has arrived, what does the messenger tell Tecmessa?

8. Why does Athena offer to bring Ajax out of his tent?

9. Where, and why, does Tecmessa say that Ajax collapsed?

10. How, and why, does Tecmessa hide Ajax's body from the Chorus?

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