View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ajax pleads to be allowed to die but says that who is keeping him alive?

2. Who does Ajax first ask to kill him to put him out of his misery?

3. What does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?

4. What is Odysseus examining when Athena appears?

5. What will happen to the rest of Ajax's armor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does the Chorus condemn, after Ajax has died, and why is the Chorus condemning them?

3. How did Ajax betray the Greeks, according to Menelaus?

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

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

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

7. What does the Chorus foreshadow in Part 2?

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

9. Why does Ajax list the ways he thinks his honor has been destroyed?

10. When the Chorus unsuccessfully attempts to calm Ajax, what does Ajax bemoan?

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 role does Telamon have in the play? What function does she serve in it, for Ajax? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 677 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample