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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom else does Medea decide to kill after Aegeus leaves?
(a) Her maid.
(b) Her children.
(c) The Nurse.
(d) The Tutor.

2. How does the poison affect Creon?
(a) He has a psychotic break.
(b) He breaks out in boils all over his body.
(c) His flesh falls from his bones.
(d) He vomits copiously.

3. What might motivate the kings to come after Medea even if she's under Aegeus' protection?
(a) A desire to claim her sorcery for their own uses.
(b) Hatred for all foreigners.
(c) To get revenge against her for killing Jason and the princess.
(d) Jealousy over her beauty and resources being used by Aegeus.

4. Who does Medea beg Jason to enlist in supporting his plea to Creon?
(a) Aegeus.
(b) The Tutor.
(c) The princess.
(d) The Nurse.

5. Why did Aegeus visit the oracle?
(a) To learn how long he would live.
(b) To get advice about a potential war.
(c) To find out how his wife might have children.
(d) To decide what to name his first child.

6. How long should it take the princess to die?
(a) It depends on how much poison she ingests.
(b) About two or three days.
(c) She should die as soon as she comes into contact with the poison.
(d) Several weeks of illness so it can't be traced.

7. What excuse does Medea give for her tears when she is looking at Jason with her children?
(a) That her children's love is so pure it makes her weep.
(b) That she remembers when Jason held her own hand so tenderly.
(c) That she is imagining them reaching out to heaven in the distant future.
(d) That she will miss having her family all together.

8. Why is Medea really crying when she sees her children with Jason?
(a) Probably because she will miss them when she leaves them in Corinth.
(b) Probably because she is so angry but can't show it.
(c) Probably because she knows she will kill them all soon.
(d) Probably because she imagines Jason's future family life and is grieving the loss of her own.

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

10. What does Medea want to know about the deaths she caused?
(a) If they were seen by a lot of people.
(b) How well the poison worked.
(c) If everyone knows she is responsible.
(d) Whether they were agonizing.

11. What does Medea request from Aegeus?
(a) Advice on what she should do next.
(b) Fabric to make a wedding dress for Jason's bride.
(c) The herbs to make her poison.
(d) To allow her to make a new home in his land.

12. How does Medea feel when she hears how her plan worked?
(a) She is angry that she was brought to this.
(b) She rejoices.
(c) She has no reaction.
(d) She is remorseful.

13. What prophecy does the Messenger offer?
(a) Medea will find a better life with Aegeus.
(b) Medea has brought herself nothing but sorrow.
(c) Medea will not be able to finish her revenge.
(d) Medea will be hunted to the ends of the earth.

14. What does Jason tell his children when he sees them?
(a) To mind their Nurse and mother.
(b) He will miss them when they leave forever.
(c) He is making plans for their care.
(d) That they will have a new mother soon.

15. How well do Medea's enchantments appear to work in the play?
(a) Pretty well, everyone gets very ill.
(b) Not at all, her reputation was overstated.
(c) Very well, the targets both die.
(d) The princess died but not her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns with the children after they go with Jason to plead their case?

2. How does Medea react to the news that her children can stay in Corinth?

3. What wins the princess over to being willing to help Jason's children?

4. What is an oracle?

5. What occupies the majority of Part 6?

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