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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. How does Medea plan to exact her revenge?
(a) Knife.
(b) Poison.
(c) Acid trap.
(d) Hired assassin.

2. Why does Medea think Jason is a coward?
(a) She was the only reason he got the Golden Fleece.
(b) He wasn't willing to stand up for Medea with the other Greeks.
(c) He should have talked to her before going to another woman.
(d) He is too afraid of Creon to speak up for Medea.

3. What does the chorus express about Medea's anger toward Jason?
(a) That it will give her the strength to survive.
(b) That it won't accomplish anything.
(c) That it's perfectly appropriate.
(d) That he isn't worth it.

4. Who does Medea plan to take revenge against?
(a) Jason, the Nurse, and the Tutor.
(b) Jason, his new wife, and Creon.
(c) Her children, Creon and Aegeus.
(d) The Nurse, Jason, and the chorus.

5. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?
(a) Come out so they can comfort her.
(b) Go back to her homeland and leave her children behind.
(c) Find a way to revenge herself against her husband.
(d) Stop crying and tend her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?

2. What two characters are getting divorced?

3. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

4. Why does Jason say dealing with Medea is hopeless?

5. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Based on their conversation, do you find Medea's anger more justified? Why or why not?

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

5. Do you think, with the chorus being so sympathetic to Medea, that it undercuts her claims that her life is more difficult because she is a foreigner? Why or why not?

6. Why does Medea doubt her ability to trust Aegeus?

7. What does the argument between Jason and Medea reveal about their marriage?

8. It could be said that Medea represents a type of "Everywoman" as she comes to terms with her feelings over her husband's betrayal - do you agree or disagree with this assertion? Explain why.

9. Does Jason's sudden concern for his children in the final scene seem consistent with the rest of the play? Why or why not?

10. Do you agree or disagree with Creon's decision to banish Medea? Why or why not?

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