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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jason tell his children when he sees them?
(a) That they will have a new mother soon.
(b) He will miss them when they leave forever.
(c) To mind their Nurse and mother.
(d) He is making plans for their care.

2. How can Medea help Aegeus and his wife?
(a) She can enable them to conceive a child.
(b) She knows how to translate the prophecy.
(c) She is a very good housekeeper.
(d) She will let them adopt her children since they can't conceive.

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

4. How does Jason feel about Medea's new decision?
(a) He thinks it is wonderful that she's stopped being stupid.
(b) He thinks she is lying in order to get something from him.
(c) He thinks she is manipulating him again.
(d) He thinks she is doing the right thing.

5. Who does Jason think is sympathetic to Medea?
(a) Any woman.
(b) No one.
(c) The chorus.
(d) Aegeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Medea claim she is refusing Jason's money?

2. How does Medea think women generally feel?

3. What attitude does Jason have towards Medea when he appears?

4. Why does the Nurse think Medea will refuse to exit her home?

5. What method does Medea use to win Jason over the second time she speaks with him?

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