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Medea by Euripides
The play is set in
Creon and Glauce die by:
Medea by Euripides
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English Language Arts Grade 12 Standard
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1
Creon and Glauce die by:
Poison
Disease
Strangulation
Starvation
2
The play is set in
Thebes
Athens
Colchis
Corinth
3
The Chorus narrate what is happening, react to the characters, and evoke the Gods.
False
True
4
T/F A nemesis is the protagonist, or good guy, in the story.
True
False
5
T/F Medea has a reputation for being clever.
False
True
6
Creon sentences Medea to
Death
Slavery
Banishment
Silence
7
The action of the play takes place over the course of:
A month
A single day
Generations
Unknown
8
Jason admits he should never have divorced Medea AFTER
She is banished
Never
His new wife dies
His children die
9
The play opens with
The nurse's lament
Jason & Medea's wedding scene
Creon's murder
A choral ode
10
Aegeus sought from the Oracle at Delphi...
The answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx
Knowledge of his origins
A cure for his sterility
The identity of his children's murderer
11
Medea reveals her plans to kill the kids AFTER:
Aegues offers her sanctuary
Glauce and Creon die
Jason divorces her
Creon banishes her
12
Jason argues that his new marriage is
Because Medea is a foreigner
All of the above
A new era, trying to reinvent himself
A political arrangement to everyone's benefit
13
The chorus was composed of:
Counselors of war
Widowed elders
Corinthian women
Medea's children
14
Medea makes her escape on
Winged Horse
Horse-drawn chariot
Dragon-drawn chariot
Stagecoach
15
Jason learns of his children's death from
Medea
Nurse and Tutor
Messenger
Chorus
16
T/F: Medea escapes on a dragon drawn chariot at the end.
False
True
17
T/F: The nurse, the tutor, and the chorus all try to convince Medea NOT to kill her kids.
False
True
18
Medea agrees to help Aegeus in return for
Pardon for murder
Jason's death sentence
Sanctuary in his land
Money and Power
19
What are Medea's instructions about the gift for the princess?
Deliver it and run
Put it only in Creon's hands
Put it only in Jason's hands
Put it only in Glauce's hands
20
Jason first earned his claim to fame by:
Sacking Troy
Slaying the Hydra
Rescuing the Golden Fleece
Hooking up with Aphrodite
21
What gifts does Medea send to Glauce for her wedding?
Golden slippers
All of the above
A dragon-drawn chariot
A golden dress and crown
22
Medea's first words in the play are:
A suicidal wish
Memories of her children
An appeal for justice
Plans for murder
23
T/F Anagnorsis means the point of the story where the main character realizes everything that is going on.
False
True
24
T/F: Medea is not from Corinth and is seen as a foreigner.
True
False
25
T/F: Medea kills her own children.
True
False
26
How is the death of the princess and King relayed in the story?
By the children
By Medea
By a Messenger
By Jason
27
The Greek Chorus wore
all of the above
masks
togas
colors to represent emotions
28
T/F Jason seeks to murder Medea after he hears of the crimes she committed.
True
False
29
Medea's anger with Jason is because:
Doesn't care about children
He has taken another wife
He did not discuss this with her first
All of the above
30
T/F: Jason becomes King of Corinth at the end of the play.
False
True
