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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Medea plan to take revenge against?
(a) Her children, Creon and Aegeus.
(b) Jason, his new wife, and Creon.
(c) Jason, the Nurse, and the Tutor.
(d) The Nurse, Jason, and the chorus.

2. What are the women of this play communally struggling against?
(a) The balance between independence and homemaking.
(b) The ability to be a good mother while having to work.
(c) The prejudices against women in ancient Greece.
(d) The desire to kill men for their betrayals.

3. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?
(a) He doesn't intend to help support them.
(b) He wants them to be shipped back to Medea's homeland.
(c) He intends to move them in with him and his new wife.
(d) He wants to send them away for military training.

4. What will happen if Medea and her children are in Corinth at sunrise in two days?
(a) Jason will have to claim them as his family.
(b) They will be allowed to stay for the festival.
(c) They will be forcibly banished.
(d) They will be killed.

5. What is the Nurse's reaction when she learns what Jason thinks about the plan involving Medea?
(a) She doesn't really care.
(b) She is enraged.
(c) She is surprised.
(d) She is upset for Medea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Medea think women generally feel?

2. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?

3. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

4. What is the purpose of the first section of the play?

5. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?

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