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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 does Leontes plan to kill Polixenes?
(a) By beheading him.
(b) By pushing him off a cliff.
(c) With poison in his wine.
(d) With a dagger at night.

2. Leontes scolds Antigonus for not keeping his wife in line and says he punishes Paulina how?
(a) By imprisoning her.
(b) By making her a servant.
(c) By drowining her.
(d) By burning her wth fire.

3. Why does Hermione not want to ask a lady to show Leontes' daughter to him?
(a) She doesn't know who to ask.
(b) She doesn't know if her daughter survives.
(c) She is afraid no one says yes.
(d) She doesn't know if Leontes wants to see his daughter.

4. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The guard.
(c) The king.
(d) The knight.

5. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?
(a) A petty husband.
(b) A mad king.
(c) A bad leader.
(d) A jealous tyrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does Act four, scene one serve?

2. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?

3. Why does Leontes believe he has to kill his wife?

4. Hermione tells her husband that his accusations exists only where?

5. How old is Perdita in Act four, scene one?

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