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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a dirge?
(a) A somber song to express mourning.
(b) A somber song to express evil feelings.
(c) A song to express feeling.
(d) A song that expresses true love.

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

3. Who does Ajax pray will carry the news of his death to his parents?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Ares.

4. Teucer's comments about Hector reveal a secondary theme, which is what?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Hate.
(c) Spite.
(d) Fear.

5. Where does Ajax tell the Chorus he is going to go in order to appease Athena's wrath?
(a) To the meadows by the shore.
(b) To the meadows over the hill.
(c) To the meadows by the river.
(d) To the meadows in the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ajax say that all things must bow to?

2. Who enters while Ajax is speaking to the Chorus in Part III?

3. What is the term used to describe a speech given by a character alone on stage, normally inwardly directed?

4. What purpose does the messenger serve in Classical Greek theater?

5. What are some of the normal events, that take place off stage, that the messengers bring word of?

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