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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. Where does Time say the setting of the play is now?
(a) Greece.
(b) Sicilia.
(c) Rome.
(d) Bohemia.

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

3. How many years pass, according to Time?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

4. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?
(a) Camillo.
(b) Archimedus.
(c) Trateus.
(d) Maximilian.

5. What purpose does Act four, scene one serve?
(a) To say that the main characters in the play change.
(b) To say that there is no explanation of what is missed during the years that pass.
(c) To say that the setting of the play changes to Bohemia.
(d) To say that everyone grows up and are now going to be the focus of the play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polixenes invoke to get Camillo to tell him Leontes' plan?

2. Who tells the king that the queen dies?

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

4. According to the stage directions, who enters with Time?

5. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?

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