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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. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?
(a) That he does not.
(b) That he does if she is acting dishonorably.
(c) That he does if she lets him.
(d) That she has free will, and no one rules her.

2. Who is Paulina?
(a) Antigonus' wife.
(b) Maxillius' nanny.
(c) One of Hermione's ladies.
(d) A servant.

3. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?
(a) That her husband wants her dead.
(b) That she is seperated from her children.
(c) That her husband doesn't believe her to be honorable.
(d) That the people believe she is a traitor.

4. What does Leontes call for at the beginning of the trial?
(a) Justice.
(b) Duty.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Honor.

5. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.
(a) The animals.
(b) The priests.
(c) The gods.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Time call Perdita?

3. What does Time say he is using to slide over the years between the end of Act three and the beginning of Act four?

4. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?

5. Polixenes tells Hermione that he and Leontes sin because they haven't met whom?

(see the answer key)

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