1. Why is Medea being banished?
(a) Creon is afraid of her and what she'll do.
(b) Creon doesn't like her because she's a foreigner.
(c) She has had an affair and that is the punishment.
(d) Jason's new wife doesn't like having her around.

2. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?
(a) They don't know the language and have to overcome the barrier.
(b) They are looked down on as second-class citizens.
(c) They don't have the same rights as citizens.
(d) They are never fully welcome or at home.

3. What are the women of this play communally struggling against?
(a) The ability to be a good mother while having to work.
(b) The desire to kill men for their betrayals.
(c) The prejudices against women in ancient Greece.
(d) The balance between independence and homemaking.

4. What does Medea say about the value of being clever?
(a) That it is something women learn from birth in order to survive the men they meet.
(b) That it is the most important skill to get by in life and survive in a strange land.
(c) That it hasn't helped her very much, earning her enemies rather than friends.
(d) That it is on par with being moral, and only matters in the eye of the beholder.

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