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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medea fear her enemies will do to her children?
(a) Nothing, children are sacred in ancient Greece.
(b) Sell them into slavery.
(c) Take them away from her.
(d) Kill them.

2. How long should it take the princess to die?
(a) Several weeks of illness so it can't be traced.
(b) She should die as soon as she comes into contact with the poison.
(c) About two or three days.
(d) It depends on how much poison she ingests.

3. Why is Medea advised to flee Corinth?
(a) Everyone knows she is responsible for the deaths.
(b) The borders will soon be closed to travelers.
(c) She was supposed to leave before sunrise.
(d) The army is being mobilized to execute her on sight.

4. What does the princess do after trying out her new gifts?
(a) Tells her courtiers to leave.
(b) Hugs her father in joy.
(c) Tries to get Jason to leave with her.
(d) Looks in the mirror at her "lifeless image".

5. What role does Medea think she should play in Jason's new marriage?
(a) She should give away the groom.
(b) She should sew the dress.
(c) She should help to plan it.
(d) She should give away the bride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns with the children after they go with Jason to plead their case?

2. How does Medea appear to Aegeus?

3. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?

4. Why is Medea really crying when she sees her children with Jason?

5. What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?

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