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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chorus do when they learn of Medea's plans for revenge?
(a) Promise to keep them secret.
(b) Argue with Medea about her plans.
(c) Protest that she is out of her mind.
(d) Send someone to warn the King.

2. What choice does Jason claim Medea will regret in the future?
(a) Refusing his money.
(b) Staying in a kingdom nearby.
(c) Threatening the King.
(d) Arranging to go back to her homeland.

3. What character is looking for Medea in the final scene of the play?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) Jason.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) Creon.

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

5. Why doesn't Creon trust Medea's reasons for allowing her to stay?
(a) He has heard stories about her and thinks she is a liar.
(b) She sounds too angry to be able to live there peacefully.
(c) He thinks she is clever enough to be manipulative.
(d) They don't sound real to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Nurse's reaction when she learns what Jason thinks about the plan involving Medea?

2. What does the princess do after trying out her new gifts?

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

4. What makes Creon sympathetic as a character?

5. Medea longs to go to what place that she's forbidden to visit?

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