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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 has Jason agreed to do while Medea and her children are in exile?
(a) Abstain from having more children.
(b) Support them financially.
(c) Send letters to Medea's relatives to see if they'll help her.
(d) Forget about them as if they never existed.

2. Who does Medea curse when she hears the news about the plans for her and her children?
(a) Aegeus and Jason.
(b) Jason and her children.
(c) Creon and his daughter.
(d) Jason and his lover.

3. Why would Medea like the gods to place a mark on men?
(a) To distinguish those that can be trusted from those that can't.
(b) To denote their status as lower than women.
(c) To prevent them from telling lies.
(d) To remind women none is trustworthy.

4. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?
(a) They don't know the language and have to overcome the barrier.
(b) They don't have the same rights as citizens.
(c) They are looked down on as second-class citizens.
(d) They are never fully welcome or at home.

5. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?
(a) They are treated very badly in general.
(b) They are treated well enough.
(c) They are treated worse than slaves.
(d) They are treated with the same tolerance as children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason offer Medea towards the end of their argument?

2. What does Creon, despite his actions, believe compassion leads to?

3. Why does Jason claim Medea should think his plan is good?

4. Why does Medea first consent to leave her home and meet with the chorus?

5. What bargain does Medea strike with Creon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Creon's compassion set up a contrast against the behavior of the protagonist?

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

3. Describe how the princess and Creon die.

4. Why do you think Euripides introduces the Delphi oracle into the story?

5. Why would people want to harm the children for Medea's crimes?

6. What is significant about the way Creon encountered the poison?

7. Is there merit to Medea's final justification to the chorus about why she must kill her children? Why or why not?

8. Medea comments that the only thing stronger than her sorrow is her fury. Is the author making a point here about women in general, or is this merely the character affirming the decision she has made?

9. Why does Aegeus say Medea must make it to his kingdom on her own?

10. 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?

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