1. Why is Medea being banished?
(a) Creon is afraid of her and what she'll do.
(b) Jason's new wife doesn't like having her around.
(c) She has had an affair and that is the punishment.
(d) Creon doesn't like her because she's a foreigner.

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

3. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?
(a) It gives the audience a breather from the intensity of the scene.
(b) It offers more exposition to explain what is happening.
(c) It illuminates the subtext behind the relationship between the two.
(d) It gives time for a scene change.

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

5. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?
(a) She is afraid Medea may take her anger out on them.
(b) It is time for their baths before supper.
(c) She doesn't want them hearing more gossip about their parents.
(d) She wants some time alone with the Tutor.