View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of the first section of the play?
(a) To offer background information.
(b) To introduce every character in the play.
(c) To apologize for any parts the audience may not like.
(d) To make the audience laugh before the tragedy begins.

4. How does Medea appear to Aegeus?
(a) Upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Ecstatic.

5. How did Medea save Jason's life?
(a) She killed a traitor among his men that was plotting his death.
(b) She enabled him to get the Golden Fleece and escape alive.
(c) She convinced him to stop adventuring away from home.
(d) She discovered a leak aboard the Argo that could have drowned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Medea's emotional reaction to Creon?

2. Why would Medea like the gods to place a mark on men?

3. Whom does Jason intend to marry?

4. Who does Medea plan to take revenge against?

5. Who is Aegeus?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 293 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample