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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Medea fear her enemies will do to her children?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Take them away from her.
(c) Nothing, children are sacred in ancient Greece.
(d) Sell them into slavery.
2. What does the poison do to the princess's body?
(a) Causes boils to appear on her skin.
(b) Nothing other than making her fall asleep.
(c) Causes her flesh to fall off her bones.
(d) Makes her contort in pain.
3. What will happen if Medea and her children are in Corinth at sunrise in two days?
(a) They will be forcibly banished.
(b) They will be allowed to stay for the festival.
(c) They will be killed.
(d) Jason will have to claim them as his family.
4. What does Aegeus know when he swears the oath to Medea?
(a) Only that she is being exiled, not her plans for revenge.
(b) Everything about her plans to kill Jason and his bride.
(c) That Medea is angry and might harm herself.
(d) A little bit about her plans but not enough to incriminate himself.
5. What does Medea think about women who have been wronged by a lover?
(a) They need support from the government to get by.
(b) They are weak victims that need protection.
(c) They are capable of extreme violence.
(d) They are at fault for not pleasing their man.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Medea plan to kill the princess?
2. What bargain does Medea strike with Creon?
3. Why is Medea so happy when Aegeus leaves?
4. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?
5. What stands in the way of Medea enacting her plans immediately?
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