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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears to check on Medea after hearing her cries?
(a) Medea's children.
(b) Jason.
(c) The chorus.
(d) Aegeus.

2. What does Jason believe Medea gained by coming to his homeland?
(a) Status and Prestige.
(b) Civilization and Honor.
(c) Money and Fame.
(d) Pain and Misfortune.

3. What theme, central to the play, does the chorus frequently reiterate?
(a) That children are weapons against a mother.
(b) That women cannot be trusted.
(c) That marriages are doomed to fail.
(d) That men always betray women.

4. What did Medea persuade the king's daughters to do in order to let Jason leave with the Fleece?
(a) Help Jason hide from the guards.
(b) Lie to the town police.
(c) Bribe an official to let him out of the city.
(d) Kill their father.

5. What goddess does Medea invoke as she plans her revenge?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) Hecate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character to appear in the play?

2. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?

3. Why is Aegeus going to see his friend?

4. Who does Medea beg Jason to enlist in supporting his plea to Creon?

5. Who tells Medea about Creon and his daughter?

(see the answer key)

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