Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?
2. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?
3. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?
4. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
5. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of honor brought up in the first lines of the Chorus?
2. How, and why, does Athena protect Odysseus when she brings Ajax out of his tent?
3. What does Teucer, after seeing Ajax's dead body, say his father will do?
4. What started the Trojan War?
5. Who does the Chorus condemn, after Ajax has died, and why is the Chorus condemning them?
6. When the Chorus calls for Tecmessa, after Teucer has arrived, what does the messenger tell Tecmessa?
7. What does Odysseus believe about burying Ajax?
8. What does Athena say is the warning embodied by Ajax's behavior?
9. What does Teucer tell Eurysaces to do when he is placed besides Ajax's body, and why?
10. What does Tecmessa tell the Chorus the first time she appears, and in what tone does she say it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss whether you agree or disagree, and why, with the following statement: The play just peters out at the end without a true ending.
Essay Topic 2
What are the different types of honor in the play, and how does honor resolve, or not resolve, all the conflicts at the end of the play? Support your answer with specific examples from the play.
Essay Topic 3
What, according to the characters in the play, are important qualities in friendship? What role does friendship have in the play? Cite specific examples from the story to support your answer.
|
This section contains 711 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
