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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?
(a) He wants to send them away for military training.
(b) He wants them to be shipped back to Medea's homeland.
(c) He intends to move them in with him and his new wife.
(d) He doesn't intend to help support them.

2. What is the Tutor's belief about people?
(a) They want to find personal peace at whatever cost.
(b) They all love themselves more than others.
(c) They are good at heart and want to help others.
(d) They generally are just trying to get along without trouble.

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

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

5. Why would Medea like the gods to place a mark on men?
(a) To remind women none is trustworthy.
(b) To denote their status as lower than women.
(c) To prevent them from telling lies.
(d) To distinguish those that can be trusted from those that can't.

6. What is the purpose of the first section of the play?
(a) To introduce every character in the play.
(b) To offer background information.
(c) To apologize for any parts the audience may not like.
(d) To make the audience laugh before the tragedy begins.

7. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?
(a) That the woman Jason is leaving her for be punished.
(b) That she forget her love so she can go on.
(c) That she be killed soon to relieve her pain.
(d) That she be allowed to see Jason's life destroyed.

8. What has Creon's experience been with showing mercy?
(a) It makes him many new friends.
(b) It yields large rewards in terms of public opinion.
(c) It gets him into trouble.
(d) It makes him look weak.

9. What stands in the way of Medea enacting her plans immediately?
(a) She has to take the time to prepare mentally.
(b) She can't get to her victims in the dark and must wait until morning.
(c) She needs to collect special herbs by moonlight.
(d) She needs a place to go afterwards.

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

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

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

13. What plans are made regarding Medea in order to facilitate the wedding?
(a) To set her up in a country estate she may not leave.
(b) To banish her to a nunnery.
(c) To execute her on false charges.
(d) To send her and her children into exile.

14. What prevents Medea from returning to her homeland?
(a) She is a criminal there.
(b) Her pride.
(c) There is no ship that will go there.
(d) She is forbidden from returning by Creon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Medea and her children are in Corinth at sunrise in two days?

2. What does Jason offer Medea towards the end of their argument?

3. What two characters are getting divorced?

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

5. What word best describes Medea's emotional reaction to Creon?

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