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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?

2. Who does Medea plan to take revenge against?

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

4. What does the chorus do when they learn of Medea's plans for revenge?

5. Why does Medea think Jason is a coward?

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