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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Medea say about the value of being clever?
(a) That it is the most important skill to get by in life and survive in a strange land.
(b) That it hasn't helped her very much, earning her enemies rather than friends.
(c) That it is on par with being moral, and only matters in the eye of the beholder.
(d) That it is something women learn from birth in order to survive the men they meet.

3. Who does Medea curse when she hears the news about the plans for her and her children?
(a) Jason and his lover.
(b) Jason and her children.
(c) Aegeus and Jason.
(d) Creon and his daughter.

4. Who is the first character to appear in the play?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) Creon.
(c) Medea.
(d) Jason.

5. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?
(a) He wants to come up with a better plan.
(b) He is ready to go along with it.
(c) He is furious and stands up for his wife.
(d) He doesn't know what's being plotted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Medea think about women who have been wronged by a lover?

3. What does the chorus do when they learn of Medea's plans for revenge?

4. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

5. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?

(see the answer key)

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