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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Telamon?
(a) Ajax's father.
(b) Ajax's son.
(c) Ajax's brother.
(d) Ajax's king.

2. What role does the discussion between Odysseus and Athena, at the beginning of the play, serve?
(a) As the climax.
(b) As the falling action.
(c) As the rising action.
(d) As the exposition.

3. Who is the first speaker in the play?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Athena.

4. What does Athena say she will do to Odysseus before having Ajax appear?
(a) Make him invincible.
(b) Make him wiser.
(c) Make him invisible.
(d) Make him stronger.

5. What does the Chorus believe has afflicted Ajax?
(a) Fear.
(b) Envy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What traditional element of Classical Greek theater consists of a number of actors speaking with a single voice?

2. What is the name of the person who wrote Ajax?

3. What time of day is it at the beginning of the play?

4. The Chorus thinks, during Part I, that Ajax's actions are a smear campaign carried out by the generals or by whom?

5. What is Odysseus king of?

(see the answer key)

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