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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?
(a) The Tutor and children.
(b) Creon and his daughter.
(c) Jason and his lover.
(d) Aegeus and Creon.

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

3. Who explains why Medea is crying to the chorus?
(a) The Tutor.
(b) Medea.
(c) The boys.
(d) The Nurse.

4. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?
(a) Come out so they can comfort her.
(b) Go back to her homeland and leave her children behind.
(c) Find a way to revenge herself against her husband.
(d) Stop crying and tend her children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus tell Medea about men?

2. Who does Medea curse when she hears the news about the plans for her and her children?

3. Why does the Nurse think Medea will refuse to exit her home?

4. In the time the play was written, what would the audience have typically known before coming to the theater?

5. What is the Nurse's reaction when she learns what Jason thinks about the plan involving Medea?

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