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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Medea think Jason is a coward?
(a) He wasn't willing to stand up for Medea with the other Greeks.
(b) He is too afraid of Creon to speak up for Medea.
(c) She was the only reason he got the Golden Fleece.
(d) He should have talked to her before going to another woman.

4. Why does Jason say dealing with Medea is hopeless?
(a) She is too stubborn and outspoken.
(b) He can't understand her through her thick accent.
(c) He loves her too much to hurt her.
(d) She won't ever tell him what she really thinks.

5. Who appears to check on Medea after hearing her cries?
(a) Medea's children.
(b) Aegeus.
(c) Jason.
(d) The chorus.

6. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?
(a) Creon and his daughter.
(b) The Tutor and children.
(c) Aegeus and Creon.
(d) Jason and his lover.

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

8. Who is the first character to appear in the play?
(a) Creon.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) Medea.
(d) Jason.

9. Why is Medea glad to see Jason at first?
(a) She wants the opportunity to kill him face-to-face.
(b) Because she needs his advice on where to go.
(c) She thinks she can convince him to come back to her.
(d) So she can finally vent her anger in person.

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

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

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

13. 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 be killed soon to relieve her pain.
(c) That she forget her love so she can go on.
(d) That she be allowed to see Jason's life destroyed.

14. What did Medea persuade the king's daughters to do in order to let Jason leave with the Fleece?
(a) Lie to the town police.
(b) Kill their father.
(c) Help Jason hide from the guards.
(d) Bribe an official to let him out of the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Creon sympathetic as a character?

2. What does the Nurse feel is best for people?

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

4. What character has the strongest position in Part 3?

5. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?

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