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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Is Medea always firmly resolved that she should kill her children?
(a) Yes, she knows it's the only way to hurt Jason.
(b) No, she is afraid that she won't be able to do it.
(c) No, she wavers back and forth over what she should do.
(d) Yes, she has always hated being a mother.

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

4. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?
(a) That she be killed soon to relieve her pain.
(b) That the woman Jason is leaving her for be punished.
(c) That she forget her love so she can go on.
(d) That she be allowed to see Jason's life destroyed.

5. Whom does Jason intend to marry?
(a) Creon's daughter.
(b) Aegeus's sister.
(c) Hecate.
(d) Medea's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women of this play communally struggling against?

2. According to the chorus, what does excessive love bring?

3. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?

4. What does the princess do after trying out her new gifts?

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

(see the answer key)

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