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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Medea call her children out during her second scene with Jason?
(a) So that she won't attack him.
(b) To remind him of his love for his children.
(c) To tell their father what they learned during their lessons.
(d) So he can say goodbye to them before they leave the country.

2. How does the poison affect Creon?
(a) His flesh falls from his bones.
(b) He has a psychotic break.
(c) He vomits copiously.
(d) He breaks out in boils all over his body.

3. What does the chorus think about Medea's plan for her children?
(a) That she will not be able to carry it out in the moment.
(b) That she has lost her mind and must be stopped.
(c) That it's the only thing she could do.
(d) That it makes perfect sense given the circumstance.

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

5. After the deaths of Creon and the princess, what happens to Medea's plan for her children?
(a) She becomes even more resolved to carry it out.
(b) It unravels because she is immediately captured by soldiers.
(c) It is stalled because Jason returns to stop her.
(d) She decides Jason has suffered enough and will let her children live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plot problem does Aegeus solve in his scene?

2. Which women do the chorus believe are the luckiest?

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

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

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

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