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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ajax tells the Chorus that he is planning to purify himself how?
(a) By burying his sword.
(b) By burning an offering to the gods.
(c) By burying his armor.
(d) By going home.

2. Why is acting out of revenge considered foolish?
(a) Because revenge is for commoners.
(b) Because you are acting out of emotion, not thought.
(c) Because revenge is not honorable.
(d) Because emotional behavior is for women.

3. At the end of Part III, Tecmessa realizes that Ajax has done what to her?
(a) Loved her.
(b) Deceived her.
(c) Minimized her.
(d) Hated her.

4. Who made the prophecy the messenger refers to?
(a) Caligula.
(b) Calchas.
(c) Calcinnea.
(d) Caliiadea.

5. The messenger tells the story the Seer told of Ajax's __________.
(a) Youth.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Stubbornnes.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters, in Classical Greek theater, will view fighting against a prophecy as what?

2. Tecmessa says that Menelaus and Agamemnon will soon feel what over contributing to the death of such a great warrior?

3. Who is the god of the sun?

4. What does Ajax mention doing to the sword during his soliloquy before his death?

5. Who does Ajax want to find his body?

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