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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality does Paulina show towards the queen?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Honesty.

2. Who does Leontes order to take Mamillius away from Hermione?
(a) The ladies.
(b) A servant.
(c) A knight.
(d) A nanny.

3. Who does Leontes consider Hermione's accomplice in her affair?
(a) Her handmaiden.
(b) Camillo.
(c) Antigonus.
(d) Her ladies.

4. How does Leontes want his wife killed?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By fire.
(c) By impailment.
(d) By beheading.

5. When is "The Winter's Tale" first published?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1524.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1623.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?

2. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?

3. Antigonus says that if Hermione is adulterous, then no other woman is what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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