Medea Prologue & Scene 1

Why is Medea so depressed at the start of the play?

• her children are dead

• Jason has left her for someone else

• the Nurse has betrayed her

• Creon has been mean to her

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Who is the Nurse afraid that Medea will harm as the the play is beginning?

• Jason

• Creon

• Jason's new wife

• her children

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Why is Creon banishing Medea from Corinth?

• She's not Greek

• She's a woman

• He's afraid of her

• He's just a bad leader

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How does Medea convince Creon to give her an extra day in Corinth?

• She uses her children

• She cries & begs him

• She threatens him

• She puts a spell on him

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When Medea gets the extra day in Corinth, what is she going to use it to do?

• Kill her children

• Kill Jason & his new family

• Escape to Athens

• Kill herself

How does Medea go against the traditional Greek view of women?

• She's outspoken & intelligent

• She's pretty & loves parenthood

• She loves housework & is a devoted mom

• She's been married more times than a Kardashian

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Why is the Chorus so supportive of Medea?

• They are women who view her as a leader

• They feel Jason broke oaths to the gods

• They are loyal to her because she's their queen

• They feel bad for her

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When Medea uses flattery & sympathy to convince Creon to give her an extra day in Corinth to care for her children, this is an example of:

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• figurative irony

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