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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?
(a) They are treated worse than slaves.
(b) They are treated with the same tolerance as children.
(c) They are treated well enough.
(d) They are treated very badly in general.

2. What word best describes Medea's emotional reaction to Creon?
(a) Anger.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Glee.
(d) Apathy.

3. What reaction does the Nurse have to Medea's pain?
(a) She thinks Medea is too emotional.
(b) She pities Medea.
(c) She sympathizes but wants Medea to stop crying.
(d) She tells Medea it's her own fault.

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

5. Why does Medea have no choice but to trust Jason?
(a) A spell was placed on him that makes him tell the truth.
(b) He is the only person that speaks her language.
(c) He can get her out of the country alive.
(d) She needs to provide for her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character caused Medea's rage?

2. What does the chorus tell Medea about men?

3. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?

4. How does Medea plan to exact her revenge?

5. What prevents Creon from helping Medea or seeing her point of view?

(see the answer key)

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