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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many characters speak in Act three, scene one?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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

4. Act one, scene one sets up the ______ that the play is based on.
(a) Background.
(b) Lines.
(c) Themes.
(d) Issues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Leontes have towards Polixenes after seeing him touch his wife's arm?

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

3. How does Archidamus plan on making up for what is lacking at his home?

4. Who is the lady Paulina asks to see when she is not allowed to see the Queen?

5. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?

(see the answer key)

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