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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is used, in Part II, to indicate that Ajax will die?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Context.
(d) Alliteration.

2. What is the strophe?
(a) The finishing of the Chorus' song.
(b) The turning of the Chorus away from the audience.
(c) The middle of the Chorus' song.
(d) The turning of the Chorus to one side.

3. The Chorus urges Ajax not to dishonor them, but to do what?
(a) Return to sanity.
(b) Take back his insolence against the gods.
(c) Pay heed to the gods.
(d) Return to his tent.

4. What does Ajax tell his son that he must become?
(a) A smart warrior.
(b) A great warrior.
(c) A strong warrior.
(d) A benevolent warrior.

5. Where are Tecmessa's parents?
(a) Dead.
(b) Captured.
(c) In slavery somewhere.
(d) On a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does honor first appear as a theme in the play?

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

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

4. During Ajax's long speech in Part II, what does he feel has been destroyed?

5. What did Ajax do in the middle of the carnage that he wrought?

(see the answer key)

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