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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Medea think women generally feel?
(a) Happy and maternal.
(b) Fearful and vengeful.
(c) Comforted and happy.
(d) Fearful and defenseless.

3. Why does the Nurse think Medea will refuse to exit her home?
(a) She doesn't really like the women of the chorus.
(b) She doesn't want anyone to see her tear-stained face.
(c) She is afraid to go outside.
(d) She is too angry.

4. How does Medea plan to exact her revenge?
(a) Hired assassin.
(b) Knife.
(c) Acid trap.
(d) Poison.

5. Who did the Tutor overhear making plans?
(a) Medea.
(b) Creon.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author emphasize several times that Medea is a "stranger in a strange land"?

2. Why does Medea promise she won't hurt Creon?

3. How does Medea plan to kill the princess?

4. What does Jason offer Medea towards the end of their argument?

5. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

(see the answer key)

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