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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plans are made regarding Medea in order to facilitate the wedding?
(a) To send her and her children into exile.
(b) To execute her on false charges.
(c) To set her up in a country estate she may not leave.
(d) To banish her to a nunnery.

2. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?
(a) He wants to come up with a better plan.
(b) He is ready to go along with it.
(c) He doesn't know what's being plotted.
(d) He is furious and stands up for his wife.

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

4. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?
(a) That she be killed soon to relieve her pain.
(b) That the woman Jason is leaving her for be punished.
(c) That she forget her love so she can go on.
(d) That she be allowed to see Jason's life destroyed.

5. What reaction does the Nurse have to Medea's pain?
(a) She pities Medea.
(b) She tells Medea it's her own fault.
(c) She sympathizes but wants Medea to stop crying.
(d) She thinks Medea is too emotional.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Nurse feel is best for people?

2. What country is the myth of Medea from?

3. Who is the first character to appear in the play?

4. What does the chorus comment that they can hear in Medea's cries?

5. Who does Medea curse when she hears the news about the plans for her and her children?

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