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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medea give Jason for his bride?
(a) An enchanted dress and crown.
(b) The promise that she will not seek revenge.
(c) A bouquet for his bride.
(d) A final kiss to remember her.

2. What occupies the majority of Part 6?
(a) The chorus encouraging Medea to flea before she is caught.
(b) The story about Medea's revenge.
(c) Medea killing her children.
(d) Medea's goodbye to her family.

3. Why doesn't Creon trust Medea's reasons for allowing her to stay?
(a) He has heard stories about her and thinks she is a liar.
(b) They don't sound real to him.
(c) He thinks she is clever enough to be manipulative.
(d) She sounds too angry to be able to live there peacefully.

4. How does the poison affect Creon?
(a) He breaks out in boils all over his body.
(b) He has a psychotic break.
(c) His flesh falls from his bones.
(d) He vomits copiously.

5. How does Medea appear to Aegeus?
(a) Happy.
(b) Upset.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Concerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

2. Why does Medea call her children out during her second scene with Jason?

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

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

5. What wins the princess over to being willing to help Jason's children?

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