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WorksheetsMedea
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The main character. A princess and sorceress who uses her powers to get the golden fleece for Jason, falls in love, marries with 2 kids when he deserts her and then goes into a sadistic fury...
a)
Glauce
b)
Medea
c)
Aegeus
d)
Jason
2.
King of Colchis and father of Glauce, Jason's new wife, he banishes Medea and dies a gruesome death when he embraces his dead daughter
a)
Creon
b)
Jason
c)
Aegeus
d)
Medea
3.
A group of corinthian women who are commentators and also become part of the action (e.g. when they talk to Medea in first scene), They sympathize with her until she plans to kill her kids
a)
Messegner
b)
Chorus
c)
Nurse
4.
The teacher of the children, minor character, brings the nurse the news that Medea will be banished. He watches the kids
a)
Messenger
b)
Jason
c)
Tutor
5.
caretaker of house and kids, cares for Medea and worries about her and what she will do
a)
Nurse
b)
Medea
c)
Chorus
6.
A former adventurer, he abandons his wife, Medea, in order to marry Glauce, the beautiful young daughter of Creon, King of Corinth. Hoping to advance his station through this second marriage, he only fuels Medea to a revenge that includes the deaths of his new bride, her father, and his children. His tactless self-interest and whiny rationalizations of his own actions make him a weak, unsympathetic character.
a)
Jason
b)
Creon
c)
Aegeus
7.
They are presented as naïve and oblivious to the intrigue that surrounds them. Medea uses them as pawns in the murder of Glauce and Creon, and then kills them in the play's culminating horror. Their innocent deaths provide the greatest element of pathos--the tragic emotion of pity--in the play.
a)
Chorus
b)
Sons
8.
King of Athens, helps Medea after having visited the Oracle at Delphi, where he sought a cure for his sterility. Medea offers him some fertility-inducing drugs in exchange for sanctuary in Athens. His appearance marks a turning point in the play, for Medea moves from being a passive victim to an aggressor after she secures his promise of sanctuary
a)
Creon
b)
Aegeus
c)
Jason
d)
Apollo
9.
Who said:
"I mean it--men should really have some other method for getting children. The whole female race should not exist. It's nothing but a nuisance."
a)
Aegeus
b)
Medea
c)
Creon
d)
Jason
10.
Who said:
"For hers is a dangerous mind and she will not lie down to injury"
"For hers is a dangerous mind and she will not lie down to injury"
a)
Medea
b)
Aegeus
c)
Nurse
d)
Jason
11.
Who said:
"And I have heard your threats. They told me of them to injure the bridegroom, and the bride and father of the bride"
"And I have heard your threats. They told me of them to injure the bridegroom, and the bride and father of the bride"
a)
Creon
b)
Medea
c)
Jason
d)
Nurse
12.
Who said:
"Hapless woman, you have no father's house to which you might fly for shelter from the gales of misfortune and another woman, a princess, has charmed your husband away and stepped into your place"
"Hapless woman, you have no father's house to which you might fly for shelter from the gales of misfortune and another woman, a princess, has charmed your husband away and stepped into your place"
a)
Nurse
b)
Tutor
c)
Jason
d)
Chorus
13.
Who said:
"Because your love was scorned, you thought it right to murder?"
"Because your love was scorned, you thought it right to murder?"
a)
Chorus
b)
Nurse
c)
Jason
d)
Aegeus
14.
Which word means: a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
His amiable disposition acquired him a large circle of friends, who deeply _________ his death.
His amiable disposition acquired him a large circle of friends, who deeply _________ his death.
a)
lament
b)
contrive
c)
transgress
d)
laden
15.
Which word means: pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
In order to ________ the wrath of Apollo, who had visited the camp with a pestilence, Agamemnon had restored Chryseis, his prize of war, to her father, a priest of the god, but as a compensation deprived Achilles, who had openly demanded this restoration, of his favorite slave Briseis.
In order to ________ the wrath of Apollo, who had visited the camp with a pestilence, Agamemnon had restored Chryseis, his prize of war, to her father, a priest of the god, but as a compensation deprived Achilles, who had openly demanded this restoration, of his favorite slave Briseis.
a)
contrive
b)
retain
c)
appease
d)
implore
16.
Who is needed to help the audience reflect on the things said and done?
a)
The Actors
b)
The Chorus
17.
What feelings does the protagonist evoke?
a)
pity and fear
b)
fear and excitement
c)
confidence and hope
18.
Who is an example of a tragic hero?
a)
Jason
b)
Aegeus
c)
Creon
d)
Medea
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