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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Medea plan to kill the princess?
(a) A poisoned dress and crown.
(b) Slipping ground glass into her meal.
(c) Attacking her after the ceremony.
(d) Poisoned wine during the banquet.

2. What title does Aegeus hold?
(a) Councilor.
(b) Count.
(c) None.
(d) King.

3. What justification does Medea give for being upset when her children return from seeing their father?
(a) She misses having her whole family together.
(b) She can see their father in their faces.
(c) She is so happy that she weeps.
(d) She is grieving that she will soon leave them behind.

4. What wins the princess over to being willing to help Jason's children?
(a) Her love for Jason.
(b) Jason's compelling argument.
(c) Creon's advice.
(d) Her gifts from Medea.

5. What does Medea have to do in order to stay with Aegeus?
(a) Make it to his kingdom on her own.
(b) Kill Jason and his new wife.
(c) Get Creon's permission.
(d) Translate the prophecy from the oracle.

6. What does Medea say is the only thing stronger than her sorrow?
(a) Her magic.
(b) Her fury.
(c) Her love.
(d) Her resolve.

7. How fast do the deaths happen?
(a) Pretty quickly.
(b) They were slow and painful.
(c) In a matter of a few minutes.
(d) Creon and the princess aren't dead yet.

8. Why is Aegeus going to see his friend?
(a) To place a wager on the next gladiator fights.
(b) To discuss politics.
(c) To decide which man his daughter should marry.
(d) To get another opinion about the oracle's prophecy.

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

10. Why does Medea call her children out during her second scene with Jason?
(a) To tell their father what they learned during their lessons.
(b) So he can say goodbye to them before they leave the country.
(c) To remind him of his love for his children.
(d) So that she won't attack him.

11. What does the princess do as soon as she receives her gifts from Medea?
(a) Kisses Jason.
(b) Puts them on.
(c) Throws them away.
(d) Sends a message to her father.

12. How can Medea help Aegeus and his wife?
(a) She will let them adopt her children since they can't conceive.
(b) She is a very good housekeeper.
(c) She can enable them to conceive a child.
(d) She knows how to translate the prophecy.

13. Who returns with the children after they go with Jason to plead their case?
(a) The Tutor.
(b) Jason.
(c) Creon.
(d) The Nurse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Medea request from Aegeus?

3. What does the poison do to the princess's body?

4. When does Medea promise she will leave Corinth for good?

5. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?

(see the answer keys)

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