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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Creon poisoned?
(a) By embracing his daughter.
(b) By putting on the crown.
(c) Poison in his food.
(d) A glass of poisoned wine.

2. How did the princess first feel when Jason asked her to spare his children?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Angry.

3. What has Jason said is his intent with regard to his children?
(a) He doesn't intend to help support them.
(b) He wants them to be shipped back to Medea's homeland.
(c) He intends to move them in with him and his new wife.
(d) He wants to send them away for military training.

4. What does Medea say is the only thing stronger than her sorrow?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her fury.
(c) Her resolve.
(d) Her magic.

5. What does Medea say about the value of being clever?
(a) That it is something women learn from birth in order to survive the men they meet.
(b) That it hasn't helped her very much, earning her enemies rather than friends.
(c) That it is the most important skill to get by in life and survive in a strange land.
(d) That it is on par with being moral, and only matters in the eye of the beholder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus think about Medea's plan for her children?

2. What does the chorus tell Medea about men?

3. How can Medea help Aegeus and his wife?

4. What does the poison do to the princess's body?

5. Why did Aegeus visit the oracle?

(see the answer key)

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