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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medea have to do in order to stay with Aegeus?
(a) Make it to his kingdom on her own.
(b) Get Creon's permission.
(c) Kill Jason and his new wife.
(d) Translate the prophecy from the oracle.

2. What makes Creon sympathetic as a character?
(a) His love for his daughter.
(b) His struggle to be compassionate.
(c) His being victimized for something he didn't do.
(d) His desire to rule his people fairly.

3. What does Medea think about the way women are treated by men in Greece?
(a) They are treated well enough.
(b) They are treated with the same tolerance as children.
(c) They are treated very badly in general.
(d) They are treated worse than slaves.

4. Which women do the chorus believe are the luckiest?
(a) Those without husbands.
(b) Those with children.
(c) Those pledged to remain chaste.
(d) Those without children.

5. Why does Aegeus swear an oath to Medea?
(a) To keep her from poisoning his family.
(b) So she can call on him for assistance in the future.
(c) So she will heal his wife.
(d) To prove he is trustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders Medea to leave with her children?

2. What does the chorus, after hearing Medea's plans, say about relations between men and women?

3. Why does Medea claim she is refusing Jason's money?

4. What does Jason think influences women's judgment?

5. Why is Medea so happy when Aegeus leaves?

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