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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
(a) She will lose her job in the divorce.
(b) The children will be upset when they see their parents fighting.
(c) Jason will kill Medea for being too contrary.
(d) Medea will take violent revenge.

2. What does the chorus tell Medea about men?
(a) They betray women all the time.
(b) They are dangerous to love.
(c) They tend to stray but always come back.
(d) They are never satisfied with just one woman.

3. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?
(a) She doesn't want them hearing more gossip about their parents.
(b) She wants some time alone with the Tutor.
(c) She is afraid Medea may take her anger out on them.
(d) It is time for their baths before supper.

4. To whom does the Nurse say Medea cries for comfort?
(a) Her children.
(b) The servants.
(c) Creon.
(d) The gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?

2. What is Jason's reaction to the plan involving Medea?

3. What would the chorus like Medea to do when they first arrive?

4. What was Jason's mission when he and Medea met?

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

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