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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes Medea's emotional reaction to Creon?
(a) Glee.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Anger.

2. Medea longs to go to what place that she's forbidden to visit?
(a) Creon's palace.
(b) Crete.
(c) Athens.
(d) Her homeland.

3. What two characters are getting divorced?
(a) Jason and Hecate.
(b) Medea and Creon.
(c) Jason and Medea.
(d) Aegeus and Medea.

4. What did Medea persuade the king's daughters to do in order to let Jason leave with the Fleece?
(a) Bribe an official to let him out of the city.
(b) Lie to the town police.
(c) Help Jason hide from the guards.
(d) Kill their father.

5. What does the chorus express about Medea's anger toward Jason?
(a) That he isn't worth it.
(b) That it won't accomplish anything.
(c) That it's perfectly appropriate.
(d) That it will give her the strength to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is the myth of Medea from?

2. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?

3. What does the chorus do when they learn of Medea's plans for revenge?

4. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

5. What is the purpose of the first section of the play?

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