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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the chorus feel how it does for the princess?
(a) She wasn't in control of anything that happened.
(b) She was the favorite child of the crown and loved by her people.
(c) She tried to send Jason back to Medea but he refused.
(d) She didn't do anything to deserve her death.

2. The chorus invokes what gods to stop Medea from harming her children?
(a) The gods of mercy and justice.
(b) The gods of the earth and sun.
(c) The gods of vengeance and peace.
(d) The gods of motherhood and travelers.

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

4. Who orders Medea to leave with her children?
(a) Jason.
(b) Creon.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) The Nurse.

5. Why does Medea call her children out during her second scene with Jason?
(a) To remind him of his love for his children.
(b) To tell their father what they learned during their lessons.
(c) So he can say goodbye to them before they leave the country.
(d) So that she won't attack him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Jason want revenge against Medea at the beginning of the final scene?

3. Why does Aegeus swear an oath to Medea?

4. How does Jason react now that he thinks he's getting his way?

5. What is an oracle?

(see the answer key)

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