WorksheetsMedea Review 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who is Aegeus?
An Athenian King
A messenger from Creon
A god
Jason's old friend
Medea asks Aegeus for refuge in his city. In return, she promises...
To give him riches
To marry him
To give him children
To be his ally
Medea begins to plot her revenge once she has confirmation of her refuge in Athens.
True
False
For the first part of her plan, Medea asks her servants to fetch (a) (person) to her.
Medea plans to kill Creon's daughter by:
Poisoning her food
Sending her a cloak and crown doused in poison
Burning down her home
Attacking her with a sword
Jason agrees to Medea's plan of having their children go to Creon's daughter to plea for their exile to be overturned.
True
False
When the messenger brings news of Medea's success in killing Creon and his daughter, Medea:
Cries
Runs away
Is in shock
Relishes the news
How does Creon die?
Upon seeing his dead daughter, he jumps into the sea and drowns
He embraces his dead daughter and the poison clings to him and kills him
He is fatally stabbed with a sword
The gods strike him down in vengeance for mistreating Medea
Who says this: "Why harm them as a way to hurt their father and have to suffer twice his pain?" (Euripides 1230-1231).
Nurse
Chorus
Medea
Tutor
The Chorus contemplates intervening to save the children.
True
False
Who breaks the news of the death of his sons to Jason?
Medea
Tutor
Nurse
Chorus
In the final scene, Medea appears:
From inside the palace walls
In a flying chariot led by dragons
On a boat headed for Athens
On Creon's throne
Enraged, Jason calls Medea the worst evil, a she-lion, and worse than:
(a)
Jason asks Medea to:
Come back to him
Allow him to seek revenge
Allow him to bury his children
Take him with her to Athens
As Medea is leaving, she prophesizes Jason's death. How will he die?
He will drown when he is thrown overboard from the Argo
He will be eaten by Scylla
He will be killed by the Corinthians
A piece of the Argo will break off and hit him on the head
