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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occupies the majority of Part 6?
(a) The chorus encouraging Medea to flea before she is caught.
(b) The story about Medea's revenge.
(c) Medea killing her children.
(d) Medea's goodbye to her family.

2. What does the chorus think about Jason and Medea's futures once her plans are carried out?
(a) They will be able to carry on and treat others better.
(b) They will both live lives full of pain.
(c) They will learn lessons about selfishness.
(d) They will likely both be dead.

3. From whom were Medea's wedding gifts supposedly procured?
(a) They are family heirlooms.
(b) The sun god.
(c) An Asian queen.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. Who orders Medea to leave with her children?
(a) Aegeus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Jason.
(d) The Nurse.

5. How does the chorus feel about Jason after hearing of the deaths?
(a) That he may not recover from his grief.
(b) That he should have seen through Medea.
(c) That he will need comfort from friends.
(d) That he deserves the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Medea say is the only thing stronger than her sorrow?

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

3. What will happen if Medea and her children are in Corinth at sunrise in two days?

4. What does Medea promise Jason she will do after she sees him the second time?

5. What does the chorus think about Medea's plan for her children?

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