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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character to appear in the play?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) Jason.
(c) Creon.
(d) Medea.

2. Why is Medea glad to see Jason at first?
(a) So she can finally vent her anger in person.
(b) She wants the opportunity to kill him face-to-face.
(c) Because she needs his advice on where to go.
(d) She thinks she can convince him to come back to her.

3. What does Medea think about women who have been wronged by a lover?
(a) They are at fault for not pleasing their man.
(b) They are capable of extreme violence.
(c) They need support from the government to get by.
(d) They are weak victims that need protection.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jason say Medea is lucky?

2. What bargain does Medea strike with Creon?

3. Who orders Medea to leave with her children?

4. Why does the author emphasize several times that Medea is a "stranger in a strange land"?

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

(see the answer key)

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