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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says: Nobly to live, or else nobly to die/Befits proud birth?
(a) Ajax's father.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Ajax.
(d) The Chorus.

3. Who does Ajax want to curse Agamemnon and Menelaus?
(a) The Furies.
(b) The Harpies.
(c) The Fates.
(d) The Horsemen.

4. At the beginning of Part III, who is Ajax prepared to make peace with?
(a) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(b) His fellow warriors.
(c) His father.
(d) Odysseus.

5. What happened to Agamemnon's mother, according to Teucer?
(a) She was thrown off a cliff.
(b) She was thrown to the lions.
(c) She was thrown into the sea.
(d) She was thrown under a chariot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ajax give his son's care to?

2. Tecmessa assures the Chorus that Ajax is filled with what emotion over his slaughter of the cattle?

3. Who does Ajax pray will carry the news of his death to his parents?

4. What rules does Ajax say must be obeyed?

5. When Menelaus leaves the argument with Teucer, he says that he doesn't have to argue when he has what?

(see the answer key)

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