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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chorus, who is the only other woman to have killed her own child?
(a) Nefertiti.
(b) Astrid.
(c) Apollymi.
(d) Ino.

2. What did Aegeus think of the oracle's reply to his question?
(a) He believes it must be true.
(b) He thinks it's probably wrong.
(c) He didn't understand it.
(d) He was frightened.

3. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?
(a) It gives the audience a breather from the intensity of the scene.
(b) It offers more exposition to explain what is happening.
(c) It illuminates the subtext behind the relationship between the two.
(d) It gives time for a scene change.

4. What does Creon, despite his actions, believe compassion leads to?
(a) Popularity.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Happiness.

5. How did Medea save Jason's life?
(a) She convinced him to stop adventuring away from home.
(b) She enabled him to get the Golden Fleece and escape alive.
(c) She killed a traitor among his men that was plotting his death.
(d) She discovered a leak aboard the Argo that could have drowned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Medea feel immigrant women need to work particularly hard?

2. Why does the Nurse send the children inside after hearing the Tutor's news?

3. What title does Aegeus hold?

4. Which women do the chorus believe are the luckiest?

5. What country is the myth of Medea from?

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