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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the princess start bleeding from?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Internally.
(d) Her head.

2. What does Medea request from Aegeus?
(a) To allow her to make a new home in his land.
(b) Fabric to make a wedding dress for Jason's bride.
(c) Advice on what she should do next.
(d) The herbs to make her poison.

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

4. How long should it take the princess to die?
(a) It depends on how much poison she ingests.
(b) Several weeks of illness so it can't be traced.
(c) About two or three days.
(d) She should die as soon as she comes into contact with the poison.

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

6. What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?
(a) For extra time before the exile starts.
(b) To be allowed to attend the wedding.
(c) For money to compensate her for her loss.
(d) For the children to be allowed to stay.

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

8. What prophecy does the Messenger offer?
(a) Medea will be hunted to the ends of the earth.
(b) Medea has brought herself nothing but sorrow.
(c) Medea will not be able to finish her revenge.
(d) Medea will find a better life with Aegeus.

9. The chorus invokes what gods to stop Medea from harming her children?
(a) The gods of motherhood and travelers.
(b) The gods of the earth and sun.
(c) The gods of mercy and justice.
(d) The gods of vengeance and peace.

10. According to the chorus, who is the only other woman to have killed her own child?
(a) Ino.
(b) Nefertiti.
(c) Astrid.
(d) Apollymi.

11. What does Medea want to know about the deaths she caused?
(a) How well the poison worked.
(b) If everyone knows she is responsible.
(c) Whether they were agonizing.
(d) If they were seen by a lot of people.

12. How well do Medea's enchantments appear to work in the play?
(a) Not at all, her reputation was overstated.
(b) Pretty well, everyone gets very ill.
(c) Very well, the targets both die.
(d) The princess died but not her father.

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

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

15. 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) Make a bouquet of flowers for his new wife.
(c) Beg Creon for forgiveness.
(d) Go into exile as ordered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus think about Medea's plan for her children?

2. Who does Medea beg Jason to enlist in supporting his plea to Creon?

3. To whom does Medea reveal her complete plan for revenge?

4. What does Medea have to do in order to stay with Aegeus?

5. How is Creon poisoned?

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