Medea Quiz (Pages 1-25)

What is the role of the nurse in the play?

• She monitors Medea's health.
• She is Medea's personal assistant and caretaker of the house.
• She has sold out Medea by telling Medea's secrets to Creon.
• She expresses Medea's hurt.

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What is the role of the tutor?

• He is Medea's professor.
• He stays after school to teach Medea's children.
• He is teacher and mentor of Medea's two sons.
• He is Jason's good friend who is there to criticize Medea.

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Why does Creon give Medea an extra day to stay in Corinth?

• As a father, he feels sympathy for Medea's children and gives Medea time to find them a play to stay.
• He owes Medea a favor for her helping him in the past.
• Creon is fooled by Medea and thinks of her as a true friend who has his best interests at heart.
• Jason requested that Creon give Medea an extra day.

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Why does Jason say he didn't tell Medea he was leaving her to marry Glauce?

• He thought he had actually told her.
• He was so busy moving on her forgot to.
• Medea told him that he didn't have to.
• He didn't think Medea would be able to control her anger afterwards.

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At this point in the play, what seems to be Jason's biggest flaw?

• pride
• greed
• anger
• selfishness

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What is not allowing Medea to move on from the heartbreak of losing Jason and the disrespect from Jason, Creon, and Glauce?

• her pride
• Eros's love arrow
• She doesn't have a place to go stay in her exile. 
• She's forced to continue living in Corinth.

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Why is Medea conflicted?

• She doesn't know whether she should kill her children or let them live.
• She believes she has made a mistake by wanting to kill Creon and Glauce.
• She is upset over sharing her secrets with the chorus.
• She has been depressed for a very long time and is not sure how to get over her sadness.

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How does Aegeus agreeing to allow Medea to stay with him in Athens once she is exiled affect Medea?

• It makes her extremely emotional due to being grateful.
• It makes Medea consider marrying him.
• It makes her more confident and assured in her plan for revenge. 
• It forces Medea to give her two children to Jason for him to raise.

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All of the following are examples of Medea's cleverness except one. Which one?

• her knowledge of sorcery
• her ability to manipulate
• her ability to make plans and follow through with them
• her complete devotion to Jason

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Medea's grandfather is a God, which makes her a demigod. What's his name?

• Apollo (god of messengers and truth)
• Helius/Helios (god of the sun)
• Eros (god of love)
• Hermes (god of travelers)

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