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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aegeus know when he swears the oath to Medea?
(a) Everything about her plans to kill Jason and his bride.
(b) Only that she is being exiled, not her plans for revenge.
(c) That Medea is angry and might harm herself.
(d) A little bit about her plans but not enough to incriminate himself.

2. How fast do the deaths happen?
(a) They were slow and painful.
(b) Creon and the princess aren't dead yet.
(c) Pretty quickly.
(d) In a matter of a few minutes.

3. How does Medea convince Jason to give her gifts to his new wife?
(a) She says it will help convince the princess to let the children stay.
(b) She claims she can't let go of Jason until she passes the items along.
(c) She says the gifts are a symbol of her goodwill and refusing would insult her.
(d) She says it's the only way to keep her from attending the wedding.

4. How well do Medea's enchantments appear to work in the play?
(a) Very well, the targets both die.
(b) Pretty well, everyone gets very ill.
(c) The princess died but not her father.
(d) Not at all, her reputation was overstated.

5. How is Creon poisoned?
(a) By embracing his daughter.
(b) By putting on the crown.
(c) A glass of poisoned wine.
(d) Poison in his food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?

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

3. Who decides on the oath Aegeus swears?

4. What wins the princess over to being willing to help Jason's children?

5. When does Medea promise she will leave Corinth for good?

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