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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character has the strongest position in Part 3?
(a) Jason.
(b) Medea.
(c) Creon.
(d) Aegeus.

2. How does Medea feel about her violent actions once they are done?
(a) They weren't enough.
(b) They were a necessary evil she will always regret.
(c) They were justified.
(d) She wishes she could take them back.

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

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

5. Why does Medea believe Jason looked for another woman?
(a) They are no longer intimate.
(b) He is embarrassed by Medea.
(c) He wants to marry into money.
(d) He isn't able to have more children with Medea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Medea think she should play in Jason's new marriage?

2. What two characters are getting divorced?

3. What reaction does the Nurse have to Medea's pain?

4. Why does Aegeus swear an oath to Medea?

5. Why is Aegeus going to see his friend?

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