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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. What is the epode?

2. What direction does the Chorus move when singing the antistrophe?

3. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?

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

5. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ajax says that the rules of nature must be obeyed, and so must what?

2. Why does Teucer refuse Odysseus' help with Ajax's burial?

3. What does Teucer tell Tecmessa to do with Ajax's body, after he places Eurysaces besides the body?

4. Why does Menelaus tell Teucer that he doesn't have to argue with Teucer?

5. What does Ajax tell Eurysaces when he is brought out of hiding by his mother and two attendants?

6. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?

7. What does Ajax do with his armor, and why?

8. What does the Chorus foreshadow in Part 2?

9. What do Menelaus and Teucer use to support their positions about Ajax's burial?

10. How, and why, does Athena protect Odysseus when she brings Ajax out of his tent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Odysseus, Agamemnon, and Menelaus are all kings. What aspects of a good, or bad, king does each character represent and why? Support your answer with specific examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you agree or disagree, and why, with the following statement: The play just peters out at the end without a true ending.

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