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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Menelaus' title?

3. Who did Athena protect throughout the war?

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

5. When Tecmessa confirms, to the Chorus, that Ajax slaughtered cattle, what does the Chorus say it might be time to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How, and why, does Tecmessa hide Ajax's body from the Chorus?

2. What is the tone of Ajax's long speech about his honor in Part 2?

3. What does Teucer think is Hector's revenge?

4. Why does Menelaus tell Teucer that he doesn't have to argue with Teucer?

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

6. What does Ajax tell the Chorus he plans to do since Tecmessa has awakened his pity?

7. How does Ajax plan to free himself from Athena's influence and why does he think it will work?

8. What does Tecmessa tell the Chorus the first time she appears, and in what tone does she say it?

9. What is a soliloquy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does this play show that suffering can be ennobling for mankind? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How do Odysseus and Ajax present different qualities of a warrior? What are those qualities, and what do they mean for the actions of the characters? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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