Quiz 033

Episode 33 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 33: Woman the Barbarian. See what you can recall about Euripides’ Medea and its historical background by clicking “START” below!

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In which ancient kingdom did Medea live before meeting Jason?

Ambracia, on the Ionian sea.

Colchis, on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.

Knossos, on the north central shore of Crete.

Tauris, on the north shore of the Black Sea.

Lyssos, on the western shore of the Adriatic.

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Medea makes arrangements with a foreign king to seek asylum after her exile from Corinth. Who is this king?

Idomeneus of Crete

Aegeus of Athens

Cadmus of Thebes

Altes of the Leleges

Lycurgus of Sparta

3 / 10

Euripides was reputed to be:

A steadfast nationalist.

A failed statesman.

A drunken lecher.

A bookish misogynist.

A lighthearted dandy.

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In 451, the Athenian ruler Pericles passed a law stipulating that:

Both parents needed to be Athenian for their child to be an Athenian citizen.

Sophism was only to be taught in state designated institutions.

Athens would cede half of its annual silver revenue to stymie the slave trade through the Hellespont.

Athens would maintain its territories and colonies but expand no further.

Athenian colonies acquired in previously Persian territories would be returned to the Persian Empire.

5 / 10

Medea, at the end of the play, escapes to:

Sicily

Scythia

Athens

Rhodes

Colchis

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Medea begs King Creon for:

A manumission of all the city's slaves.

A chance to talk with his daughter.

A chest of silver to accompany her on her journey.

A residence on the nearby Gulf of Corinth, rather than foreign exile.

An additional day to settle her affairs before her departure.

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Athenians strove for something they called sophrosyne. This word means:

Knowledge of geography

Self control

Ruthlessness in hand-to-hand combat

Fecundity in offspring

The pursuit of pleasure

8 / 10

With what significant detail in Euripides’ Medea does the playwright depart from the traditional story?

Euripides' Medea seeks to free all the slaves in Greece.

Euripides' Medea immediately remarries after separating from Jason.

Euripides' Medea kills her children.

Euripides' Medea is a more forgiving and gentle character.

Euripides' Medea cannot cross running water.

9 / 10

Medea kills the king and princess of Corinth with:

Aconite venom on their cups.

A mace.

A spell summoning the hounds of Hades.

A concealed asp.

A poisoned dress and coronet.

10 / 10

This character tells Medea, “You could have stayed in Corinth, still lived in this house, / If you had quietly accepted the decisions / Of those in power.”

Amphitryon

Jason

Cepheus

Lycus

Philoctetes

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