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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?
(a) That she be allowed to see Jason's life destroyed.
(b) That she be killed soon to relieve her pain.
(c) That the woman Jason is leaving her for be punished.
(d) That she forget her love so she can go on.

2. What two characters are getting divorced?
(a) Jason and Medea.
(b) Aegeus and Medea.
(c) Medea and Creon.
(d) Jason and Hecate.

3. What prevents Creon from helping Medea or seeing her point of view?
(a) His beliefs about women and their role in society.
(b) His love for his daughter and desire to see her happy.
(c) His desire to rid his kingdom of a foreign menace.
(d) His strong friendship with Jason.

4. Who does Medea plan to take revenge against?
(a) The Nurse, Jason, and the chorus.
(b) Jason, the Nurse, and the Tutor.
(c) Her children, Creon and Aegeus.
(d) Jason, his new wife, and Creon.

5. 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 is something women learn from birth in order to survive the men they meet.
(c) That it is on par with being moral, and only matters in the eye of the beholder.
(d) That it hasn't helped her very much, earning her enemies rather than friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

2. What does the chorus comment that they can hear in Medea's cries?

3. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?

4. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?

5. To whom does the Nurse say Medea cries for comfort?

(see the answer key)

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