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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the chorus feel how it does for the princess?
(a) She didn't do anything to deserve her death.
(b) She wasn't in control of anything that happened.
(c) She tried to send Jason back to Medea but he refused.
(d) She was the favorite child of the crown and loved by her people.

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

3. What excuse does Medea give for her tears when she is looking at Jason with her children?
(a) That she remembers when Jason held her own hand so tenderly.
(b) That she will miss having her family all together.
(c) That she is imagining them reaching out to heaven in the distant future.
(d) That her children's love is so pure it makes her weep.

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

5. What might motivate the kings to come after Medea even if she's under Aegeus' protection?
(a) Jealousy over her beauty and resources being used by Aegeus.
(b) To get revenge against her for killing Jason and the princess.
(c) A desire to claim her sorcery for their own uses.
(d) Hatred for all foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Aegeus visit the oracle?

2. How is Creon poisoned?

3. How does Medea appear to Aegeus?

4. What justification does Medea give for being upset when her children return from seeing their father?

5. What does Medea say is the only thing stronger than her sorrow?

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