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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Medea call her children out during her second scene with Jason?
(a) So that she won't attack him.
(b) To remind him of his love for his children.
(c) To tell their father what they learned during their lessons.
(d) So he can say goodbye to them before they leave the country.

2. What has Jason agreed to do while Medea and her children are in exile?
(a) Send letters to Medea's relatives to see if they'll help her.
(b) Abstain from having more children.
(c) Forget about them as if they never existed.
(d) Support them financially.

3. How long should it take the princess to die?
(a) She should die as soon as she comes into contact with the poison.
(b) It depends on how much poison she ingests.
(c) About two or three days.
(d) Several weeks of illness so it can't be traced.

4. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?
(a) It illuminates the subtext behind the relationship between the two.
(b) It gives time for a scene change.
(c) It offers more exposition to explain what is happening.
(d) It gives the audience a breather from the intensity of the scene.

5. Why did Aegeus visit the oracle?
(a) To get advice about a potential war.
(b) To find out how his wife might have children.
(c) To decide what to name his first child.
(d) To learn how long he would live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Creon sympathetic as a character?

2. Medea longs to go to what place that she's forbidden to visit?

3. What does the chorus, after hearing Medea's plans, say about relations between men and women?

4. What stands in the way of Medea enacting her plans immediately?

5. Who did the Tutor overhear making plans?

(see the answer key)

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