Ajax Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Ajax Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 does Ajax give to his son when he tells him that he must become a warrior?

2. What is Odysseus king of?

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

4. Who says, "As God appoints, so every man laughs or laments?"

5. Why does Ajax refuse to go home?

Short Essay Questions

1. While the search for Ajax is occurring, what does Teucer do?

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

3. What does Tecmessa think that Menelaus and Agamemnon will regret?

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

5. Why does Ajax tell the Chorus that he is prepared to make peace with Agamemnon and Menelaus?

6. What is the story the messenger tells of Ajax's youth?

7. What is Ajax doing on the beach and how does he feel?

8. Ajax says that the rules of nature must be obeyed, and so must what?

9. Who does the Chorus condemn, after Ajax has died, and why is the Chorus condemning them?

10. Why does the Chorus believe that Ajax would be better off dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, according to the characters in the play, are important qualities in friendship? What role does friendship have in the play? Cite specific examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How do the actions of Ajax symbolize the struggles of man against Fate, which is a theme in the play? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Cite examples from the play to support your answer to the following question: How does this play portray the relationship between the gods and man?

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