Medea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Medea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the author emphasize several times that Medea is a "stranger in a strange land"?
(a) It shows that she might not understand that murder is illegal.
(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 makes her character more sympathetic.

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

6. What does Jason offer Medea towards the end of their argument?
(a) Money to support herself and the children.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A golden ring to sell for money.
(d) An opportunity to stay in the city.

7. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?
(a) They don't have the same rights as citizens.
(b) They don't know the language and have to overcome the barrier.
(c) They are looked down on as second-class citizens.
(d) They are never fully welcome or at home.

8. Why does Medea first consent to leave her home and meet with the chorus?
(a) She wants to find out if they have information about where to find Jason.
(b) She is afraid if she stays inside any longer she will go mad.
(c) She needs friends to comfort her and help her plan for the future.
(d) It's important to foreigners to keep up good relations with the locals.

9. According to the chorus, what does excessive love bring?
(a) Pain for everyone involved.
(b) Either great happiness or great despair.
(c) Dangerous passion and foolishness.
(d) Destruction of reason.

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

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

12. What is the name of Jason's ship?
(a) The Golden Fleece.
(b) The Argo.
(c) The Labyrinth.
(d) The Nautilus.

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

14. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?
(a) He is ready to go along with it.
(b) He is furious and stands up for his wife.
(c) He wants to come up with a better plan.
(d) He doesn't know what's being plotted.

15. Which character caused Medea's rage?
(a) Aegeus.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) Creon.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus, after hearing Medea's plans, say about relations between men and women?

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

3. Why does Jason say dealing with Medea is hopeless?

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

5. Why does Jason claim Medea should think his plan is good?

(see the answer keys)

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