Deck 17: A Different Perspective on Tragedy: Euripides Medea Part Four the World of Roman Myth

Question 1

The gods clearly sanction Medea's murder of the princess.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

While most other female protagonists pay the price for their crimes in Greek tragedies, Medea escapes punishment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Rituals at Corinth seem to have associated Hera and Medea with

A) the death of Medea's children.
B) a ritual of annual renewal of virginity.
C) a biennial weaving context.
D) a ritual surrounding the good ship Argo.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Medea believes she has the support of three divine powers. Which of the following is not one of them?

A) Hecate
B) Themis
C) Artemis
D) Zeus

Question 5

Medea is the daughter of Oedipus's foster parents, the king and queen of Corinth.

Question 6

The chorus expresses the opinion that being a mother is heroic.

Question 7

Euripides uses the capacity of the drama to present multiple points of view.

Question 8

Jason leaves Medea for King Creon's daughter.

Question 9

Jason is revealed as a coward who uses women for his own gain.

Question 10

Athens was extraordinary for its time in its view of justice and equality for women as well as for men.

Question 11

There seems to have been a ritual connected with Medea in Corinth.

Question 12

In Euripides's plays, the common people provide an important perspective.

Question 13

The nurse acts as Medea's accomplice in her tragic endeavor, pointing attention to the heroic qualities of the working class.

Question 14

The plays of Euripides were considered by some contemporary Athenians to be unconventional.

Question 15

Since Jason is a breaker of oaths, he is being made to suffer severely by the gods.

Question 16

Like the male hero, once Medea has committed her crime there is ritual cleansing available to her.

Question 17

What happens to Medea after her acts of violence?

A) She goes to Athens, where King Aegeus gives her refuge.
B) She goes to Elis, where King Augias gives her refuge.
C) She stays in Corinth, where King Creon gives her refuge.
D) She is buried alive by King Creon, and hangs herself in the cave.

Question 18

The public male attitude toward women in Athens at the time of Euripides mirrors that of Jason toward Medea.

Question 19

Euripides explores the idea that if the good can suffer unjustly, then the wicked may also prosper.

Question 20

In the Medea, Euripides mocks the traditional tragic vision of the heroic values of ancient myth.

Question 21

Why can't Medea go back to her father?

A) because she killed him to help Jason get the Golden Fleece
B) because she killed her brother to help Jason escape her father
C) because both he and her mother are dead, and strangers rule her homeland
D) because she doesn't want her father to know how Jason has treated her

Question 22

Medea and Jason are alike in that

A) they each killed their brothers.
B) they both are good at using speech to get what they want.
C) they both love Creusa.
D) they can both bring people back to life.

Question 23

When Medea taunts Jason's notion that the old gods no longer prevail, what may she be referring to?

A) that the gods are dead and the world is left without order
B) that an older generation of chthonic gods such as Hecate have taken over
C) that Uranus was deposed by Zeus, and that Zeus soon will be deposed by a stronger son
D) that Jason will be punished because he has lost faith