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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ajax's wife try to talk him out of killing himself?

2. What device is used, in Part II, to indicate that Ajax will die?

3. Who is Athena?

4. Why does Ajax slaughter a herd of cattle?

5. What is the name of the group of leaders who decides to give Odysseus the things of Achilles that Ajax wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Chorus?

2. What does the Chorus foreshadow in Part 2?

3. What does Menelaus threaten Teucer with, if Teucer disobeys?

4. While the search for Ajax is occurring, what does Teucer do?

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

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

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

8. What does Odysseus believe about burying Ajax?

9. What does Tecmessa think that Menelaus and Agamemnon will regret?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the actions of Ajax symbolize the struggles of man against Fate, which is a theme in the play? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of armor and swords in the play? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific examples from the text, show how Sophocles uses foreshadowing in this play.

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