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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jason concerned for his children's safety?
(a) He thinks people will try to kill them because of Medea.
(b) They have been ill for weeks.
(c) He knows Medea is crazy.
(d) Creon ordered them executed before he died.

2. Why is Aegeus near Medea's house?
(a) He's on his way to see another friend.
(b) He came to cheer Medea up.
(c) Jason asked him to stop by and talk to Medea.
(d) He heard Medea had threatened the king.

3. How well do Medea's enchantments appear to work in the play?
(a) Very well, the targets both die.
(b) Not at all, her reputation was overstated.
(c) The princess died but not her father.
(d) Pretty well, everyone gets very ill.

4. What did Medea persuade the king's daughters to do in order to let Jason leave with the Fleece?
(a) Help Jason hide from the guards.
(b) Lie to the town police.
(c) Kill their father.
(d) Bribe an official to let him out of the city.

5. How did Medea save Jason's life?
(a) She killed a traitor among his men that was plotting his death.
(b) She convinced him to stop adventuring away from home.
(c) She enabled him to get the Golden Fleece and escape alive.
(d) She discovered a leak aboard the Argo that could have drowned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Medea reveal her complete plan for revenge?

2. How does Jason react when he learns his children are dead?

3. Why is Medea glad to see Jason at first?

4. Why does Medea believe Jason looked for another woman?

5. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?

(see the answer key)

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