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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Odysseus king of?
(a) Greece.
(b) Ithaca.
(c) Troy.
(d) Crete.

2. Which god does Ajax ask for help in the first part of the play?
(a) Ares.
(b) Pan.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

3. Tecmessa and Ajax's son leave the stage when Ajax shuts himself into what?
(a) His carriage.
(b) His house.
(c) His tent.
(d) His ship.

4. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?
(a) Pain.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Fear.
(d) Remorse.

5. Who is Athena?
(a) Goddess of strife.
(b) Goddess of war.
(c) Goddess of conflict.
(d) Goddess of peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who doubts Tecmessa when she says that Ajax is regaining his sanity?

2. In Part I, who is the Chorus made up of?

3. Where does Athena appear from at the beginning of the play?

4. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?

5. What sea would Ajax have to sail over to get home?

(see the answer key)

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