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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?
(a) They don't know the language and have to overcome the barrier.
(b) They are never fully welcome or at home.
(c) They are looked down on as second-class citizens.
(d) They don't have the same rights as citizens.

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

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

4. What supernatural ability is Medea said to have?
(a) She is able to read thoughts and project her own.
(b) The ability to foretell and change the future.
(c) The ability to curse people to die horribly.
(d) It's not specifically said, but she is called a witch.

5. What characters interrupt the Nurse's monologue?
(a) The Tutor and children.
(b) Jason and his lover.
(c) Aegeus and Creon.
(d) Creon and his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Medea promise she won't hurt Creon?

2. What theme, central to the play, does the chorus frequently reiterate?

3. How does Medea think women generally feel?

4. What two characters are getting divorced?

5. After the chorus first arrives, what prayer does Medea send to the gods?

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