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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 time of day is it at the beginning of the play?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Evening.
(d) Dusk.

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

3. Who does the Chorus think will grieve if Ajax continues to be self-destructive?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

4. What does the Chorus think should "hide one who is sick in soul"?
(a) The forrest.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The sea.
(d) Hell.

5. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?
(a) His ship.
(b) His house.
(c) His tent.
(d) His carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?

2. What is the epode?

3. What did Tecmessa do to Ajax's son while Ajax was mad?

4. What does Ajax strive not to be in his actions?

5. Who does Ajax feel has done him an injustice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ajax tell the Chorus he plans to do since Tecmessa has awakened his pity?

3. What is the Chorus?

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

5. What does the prophecy by Calchas say?

6. How is Teucer greeted when he arrived at the Greek camp, and why is he greeted that way?

7. What does Tecmessa tell the Chorus the first time she appears, and in what tone does she say it?

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

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

10. Who does the Chorus condemn, after Ajax has died, and why is the Chorus condemning them?

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