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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Medea feel when she hears how her plan worked?
(a) She is angry that she was brought to this.
(b) She has no reaction.
(c) She rejoices.
(d) She is remorseful.

2. What method does Medea use to win Jason over the second time she speaks with him?
(a) Flattery and lies.
(b) Sexual temptation.
(c) Sincere remorse.
(d) An appeal to decency.

3. What does the poison do to the princess's body?
(a) Causes her flesh to fall off her bones.
(b) Makes her contort in pain.
(c) Causes boils to appear on her skin.
(d) Nothing other than making her fall asleep.

4. What does Medea promise Jason she will do after she sees him the second time?
(a) Take her children with her when she leaves.
(b) Beg Creon for forgiveness.
(c) Make a bouquet of flowers for his new wife.
(d) Go into exile as ordered.

5. How does Jason react now that he thinks he's getting his way?
(a) He invites Medea to come to the feast.
(b) He is very accommodating to Medea's feelings.
(c) He dances with his children to teach them what to do at the wedding.
(d) He is suspicious of Medea's motives.

6. What happens when Medea puts her children's hands in Jason's?
(a) She tells them to go with him forever.
(b) She begins crying.
(c) Jason doesn't want to hold their hands.
(d) They stain Jason's hands with the ink from their lessons.

7. How does Medea appear to Aegeus?
(a) Upset.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Happy.

8. To whom does Medea reveal her complete plan for revenge?
(a) Aegeus.
(b) Creon.
(c) The chorus.
(d) Jason.

9. How does the poison affect Creon?
(a) His flesh falls from his bones.
(b) He breaks out in boils all over his body.
(c) He has a psychotic break.
(d) He vomits copiously.

10. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Angry.
(d) Concerned.

11. What excuse does Medea give for her tears when she is looking at Jason with her children?
(a) That she will miss having her family all together.
(b) That she is imagining them reaching out to heaven in the distant future.
(c) That her children's love is so pure it makes her weep.
(d) That she remembers when Jason held her own hand so tenderly.

12. How long does it take the poison to start working?
(a) It is almost immediate.
(b) Less than an hour.
(c) A few hours.
(d) The poison doesn't work.

13. Why is Medea really crying when she sees her children with Jason?
(a) Probably because she knows she will kill them all soon.
(b) Probably because she will miss them when she leaves them in Corinth.
(c) Probably because she imagines Jason's future family life and is grieving the loss of her own.
(d) Probably because she is so angry but can't show it.

14. How is Creon poisoned?
(a) By putting on the crown.
(b) A glass of poisoned wine.
(c) Poison in his food.
(d) By embracing his daughter.

15. What does the chorus think about Medea's plan for her children?
(a) That it's the only thing she could do.
(b) That she will not be able to carry it out in the moment.
(c) That she has lost her mind and must be stopped.
(d) That it makes perfect sense given the circumstance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What justification does Medea give for being upset when her children return from seeing their father?

2. What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?

3. Who returns with the children after they go with Jason to plead their case?

4. What character does the chorus have the most pity for?

5. How does Jason feel about Medea's new decision?

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