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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the princess do as soon as she receives her gifts from Medea?
(a) Throws them away.
(b) Kisses Jason.
(c) Sends a message to her father.
(d) Puts them on.

2. 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) The army is being mobilized to execute her on sight.
(d) She was supposed to leave before sunrise.

3. After the deaths of Creon and the princess, what happens to Medea's plan for her children?
(a) She decides Jason has suffered enough and will let her children live.
(b) It unravels because she is immediately captured by soldiers.
(c) It is stalled because Jason returns to stop her.
(d) She becomes even more resolved to carry it out.

4. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?
(a) They are never fully welcome or at home.
(b) They don't have the same rights as citizens.
(c) They are looked down on as second-class citizens.
(d) They don't know the language and have to overcome the barrier.

5. What does Medea want to know about the deaths she caused?
(a) If they were seen by a lot of people.
(b) How well the poison worked.
(c) Whether they were agonizing.
(d) If everyone knows she is responsible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom else does Medea decide to kill after Aegeus leaves?

2. Why does Medea say Creon's mercy was foolish?

3. How does Medea plan to kill the princess?

4. How does Medea feel when she hears how her plan worked?

5. What title does Aegeus hold?

(see the answer key)

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