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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
(a) Medea will take violent revenge.
(b) She will lose her job in the divorce.
(c) Jason will kill Medea for being too contrary.
(d) The children will be upset when they see their parents fighting.

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

3. Who does Medea curse when she hears the news about the plans for her and her children?
(a) Jason and his lover.
(b) Jason and her children.
(c) Creon and his daughter.
(d) Aegeus and Jason.

4. Why does Medea promise she won't hurt Creon?
(a) He is too powerful and if she tried she would surely fail.
(b) She is afraid of him and his soldiers.
(c) He has been a friend to her and she wouldn't betray his trust.
(d) He is only a father giving away his daughter to a good man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?

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

3. What does the chorus express about Medea's anger toward Jason?

4. What reaction does the Nurse have to Medea's pain?

5. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?

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