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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Perdita in Act four, scene one?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen.

2. How long does Polixenes stay with Leontes and Hermione?
(a) Two years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) One year.

3. Who reads, at the trial, what the Oracle says?
(a) An officer.
(b) A messenger.
(c) Leontes.
(d) A soldier.

4. What feeling does Leontes have towards Polixenes after seeing him touch his wife's arm?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Fear.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Love.

5. What does Time call Perdita?
(a) A shepherd's daughter.
(b) A noble daughter, lost.
(c) A fair and beautiful maiden.
(d) A wondering graceful maiden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paulina assure that she protects from punishment for allowing her to take the baby out of the prison?

2. Whose son is mentioned in Time's speech?

3. What does Time say it is in his power to overthrow?

4. How does Leontes reassure Polixenes that everything is well in his kingdom?

5. When Leontes sees Paulina, what does he tell her to do?

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