Medea, pp. 51-61

How does Medea feel about hearing of Glauce's & Creon's deaths?

• She's happy

• She's scared

• She's sad

• She has no feeling

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What are the "2 torments" that "made war" upon Glauce?

• the coronet and the dress

• Medea and Jason

• The children and the Nurse

• Greece & China

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How does Creon end up dead?

• Medea poisons his tea

• He touches Glauce's poisoned dress

• The children beat him to death

• Medea sends a group of magic mice to eat him in his sleep

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Once Glauce & Creon are dead, why does Medea reason she should go through with murdering her children?

• She feels like she's saving them from her enemies

• She's really just that crazy & violent

• She doesn't want to have to pay Jason child support

• She doesn't want the children to think poorly of her

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After Medea kills her children, the Chorus tells the story of Ino, a woman who killed her children, was driven mad by the gods, and eventually killed herself. This is an example of:

• allusion

• irony

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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When Jason says he's come to save his children from Creon's family, but the kids are already dead, this is an example of:

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• symbolism

• vengeance

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How does Medea appear when Jason comes to the house to claim his sons?

• In a dragon-drawn chariot with the kids' bodies

• Covered in blood & holding a knife

• Completely calm & dressed to go out

• In a car, wearing sunglasses, with a gun hanging out the window

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When Jason calls Medea, a "Tuscan Scylla," this is an example of a(n):

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

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Why does Jason say Medea murdered their children?

• she was jealous

• she was not Greek

• she was poor

• she was just plain evil

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What is Jason's final request of Medea?

• He wants to see & hold his sons

• He wants to fight her one-on-one

• He wants her to turn herself in to the authorities

• He wants her to get counseling

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