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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Tutor overhear making plans?
(a) Creon.
(b) Medea.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) Jason.

2. What choice does Jason claim Medea will regret in the future?
(a) Refusing his money.
(b) Staying in a kingdom nearby.
(c) Threatening the King.
(d) Arranging to go back to her homeland.

3. What country is the myth of Medea from?
(a) Carthage.
(b) Greece.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Turkey.

4. Why does Medea have no choice but to trust Jason?
(a) He is the only person that speaks her language.
(b) She needs to provide for her children.
(c) He can get her out of the country alive.
(d) A spell was placed on him that makes him tell the truth.

5. Why does the author emphasize several times that Medea is a "stranger in a strange land"?
(a) It makes her character more sympathetic.
(b) It reveals that Jason probably left her due to cultural differences.
(c) It makes it easier to see why she doesn't have many friends.
(d) It shows that she might not understand that murder is illegal.

6. What does Medea think about Jason's argument for his actions?
(a) He could have had a mistress without getting a divorce.
(b) He is doing what he needs to save his honor.
(c) He has a point about getting more money.
(d) He is just making excuses for his bad behavior.

7. What does the chorus comment that they can hear in Medea's cries?
(a) Pain.
(b) Anger.
(c) Venom.
(d) Hatred.

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

9. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?
(a) She doesn't want them hearing more gossip about their parents.
(b) She wants some time alone with the Tutor.
(c) She is afraid Medea may take her anger out on them.
(d) It is time for their baths before supper.

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

11. What are the women of this play communally struggling against?
(a) The ability to be a good mother while having to work.
(b) The prejudices against women in ancient Greece.
(c) The balance between independence and homemaking.
(d) The desire to kill men for their betrayals.

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

13. Who explains why Medea is crying to the chorus?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) The boys.
(c) The Tutor.
(d) Medea.

14. To whom does the Nurse say Medea cries for comfort?
(a) The gods.
(b) Her children.
(c) The servants.
(d) Creon.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Jason say he has done on Medea's behalf?

3. What was Jason's mission when he and Medea met?

4. How does Medea think women generally feel?

5. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?

(see the answer keys)

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