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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jason tell his children when he sees them?
(a) He is making plans for their care.
(b) To mind their Nurse and mother.
(c) That they will have a new mother soon.
(d) He will miss them when they leave forever.

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

3. What does Jason agree to ask Creon on Medea's behalf?
(a) To be allowed to attend the wedding.
(b) For extra time before the exile starts.
(c) For money to compensate her for her loss.
(d) For the children to be allowed to stay.

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

5. When does Medea promise she will leave Corinth for good?
(a) As soon as she can pack a bag.
(b) Before sunrise.
(c) Once her children are cared for.
(d) After Jason's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jason react now that he thinks he's getting his way?

2. From whom were Medea's wedding gifts supposedly procured?

3. What does Aegeus know when he swears the oath to Medea?

4. The chorus invokes what gods to stop Medea from harming her children?

5. What method does Medea use to win Jason over the second time she speaks with him?

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