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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Medea help Aegeus and his wife?
(a) She will let them adopt her children since they can't conceive.
(b) She can enable them to conceive a child.
(c) She knows how to translate the prophecy.
(d) She is a very good housekeeper.

2. Why does Medea say Jason should forgive her?
(a) She can harm him and his new wife if he doesn't.
(b) She is unable to control her emotions under duress.
(c) He is the father of her children.
(d) She was being a fool but sees better now.

3. Who tells Medea about Creon and his daughter?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) Jason.
(c) The Tutor.
(d) A messenger.

4. How does Medea plan to kill the princess?
(a) Slipping ground glass into her meal.
(b) Poisoned wine during the banquet.
(c) A poisoned dress and crown.
(d) Attacking her after the ceremony.

5. How does the chorus feel about Jason after hearing of the deaths?
(a) That he will need comfort from friends.
(b) That he may not recover from his grief.
(c) That he should have seen through Medea.
(d) That he deserves the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Medea react to the news that her children can stay in Corinth?

2. Why does the chorus feel how it does for the princess?

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

4. What happens when Medea puts her children's hands in Jason's?

5. What role does Medea think she should play in Jason's new marriage?

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