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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stands in the way of Medea enacting her plans immediately?
(a) She needs a place to go afterwards.
(b) She can't get to her victims in the dark and must wait until morning.
(c) She has to take the time to prepare mentally.
(d) She needs to collect special herbs by moonlight.

2. What does Jason say he has done on Medea's behalf?
(a) Encouraged the neighbors to befriend her.
(b) Convinced his new wife Medea is harmless.
(c) Tried to intercede with Creon.
(d) Taken her from a barbaric land.

3. What does the chorus do when they learn of Medea's plans for revenge?
(a) Send someone to warn the King.
(b) Promise to keep them secret.
(c) Argue with Medea about her plans.
(d) Protest that she is out of her mind.

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

5. What two characters are getting divorced?
(a) Jason and Hecate.
(b) Jason and Medea.
(c) Aegeus and Medea.
(d) Medea and Creon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?

2. Why does Medea claim she is refusing Jason's money?

3. Why does Jason say Medea is lucky?

4. Why is Medea being banished?

5. Why does Medea say Creon's mercy was foolish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Medea's anger and despair seem so untoward to the Chorus?

2. Why does the author make sure to establish the fact that women are treated poorly by men?

3. Why does the chorus have pity for the princess? Is it justified by the text?

4. What do you think the messenger means when he says the princess "smiled at the lifeless image of herself" in the mirror?

5. Does Medea's behavior support or work against the author's point about women being strong and independent?

6. What makes Medea's comment about Jason living as a nobody particularly cutting?

7. To which character(s) is Aegeus a foil? Explain.

8. Why is Medea's position as an outsider in Corinth so important to her and the chorus?

9. Do you think Aegeus will keep his oath to Medea if she kills everyone she plans to kill, and then seeks refuge in his land?

10. Why does the King of Corinth think it is a good idea to send Medea into exile?

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