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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What supernatural ability is Medea said to have?
(a) She is able to read thoughts and project her own.
(b) The ability to foretell and change the future.
(c) The ability to curse people to die horribly.
(d) It's not specifically said, but she is called a witch.

3. In the time the play was written, what would the audience have typically known before coming to the theater?
(a) The end of the story.
(b) The story of the play.
(c) The names of the actors involved.
(d) When to applaud.

4. Why does the Nurse think Medea will refuse to exit her home?
(a) She is afraid to go outside.
(b) She doesn't want anyone to see her tear-stained face.
(c) She is too angry.
(d) She doesn't really like the women of the chorus.

5. Why does Medea promise she won't hurt Creon?
(a) She is afraid of him and his soldiers.
(b) He is too powerful and if she tried she would surely fail.
(c) He is only a father giving away his daughter to a good man.
(d) He has been a friend to her and she wouldn't betray his trust.

6. What will happen if Medea and her children are in Corinth at sunrise in two days?
(a) They will be forcibly banished.
(b) They will be killed.
(c) Jason will have to claim them as his family.
(d) They will be allowed to stay for the festival.

7. Who orders Medea to leave with her children?
(a) Jason.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) Creon.
(d) Aegeus.

8. What does Medea think about women who have been wronged by a lover?
(a) They are capable of extreme violence.
(b) They are weak victims that need protection.
(c) They need support from the government to get by.
(d) They are at fault for not pleasing their man.

9. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
(a) Jason will kill Medea for being too contrary.
(b) The children will be upset when they see their parents fighting.
(c) Medea will take violent revenge.
(d) She will lose her job in the divorce.

10. What does Jason claim motivated him to leave Medea for the princess?
(a) He needs money to pay his debts.
(b) He wants a prettier wife.
(c) A desire to better support his family.
(d) It's the only way for him to advance socially.

11. What does the Nurse feel is best for people?
(a) Expressing feelings openly and without reserve.
(b) Getting anger out so it doesn't fester.
(c) Open and honest communication.
(d) Moderation in all things.

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

13. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?
(a) Stop crying and tend her children.
(b) Come out so they can comfort her.
(c) Go back to her homeland and leave her children behind.
(d) Find a way to revenge herself against her husband.

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

15. What does Jason say he has done on Medea's behalf?
(a) Convinced his new wife Medea is harmless.
(b) Encouraged the neighbors to befriend her.
(c) Taken her from a barbaric land.
(d) Tried to intercede with Creon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus express about Medea's anger toward Jason?

2. Why does Medea first consent to leave her home and meet with the chorus?

3. Why would Medea like the gods to place a mark on men?

4. What prevents Creon from helping Medea or seeing her point of view?

5. What is the purpose of the first section of the play?

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