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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. Hermione says that Polixenes can stay with them as their guest or as what?
(a) Their family.
(b) Their enemy.
(c) Their servant.
(d) Their prisoner.

2. Why does Leontes believe he has to kill his wife?
(a) To eliminate a traitor.
(b) To end the discussion of his son's paternity.
(c) To move on.
(d) To ease the dishonor she causes.

3. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?
(a) They are neighboring regions.
(b) They are across an ocean.
(c) They are across a river.
(d) They are across a sea.

4. Camillo is a lord of what location?
(a) Italia.
(b) Francisca.
(c) Dormania.
(d) Sicilia.

5. What does Antigonus tell the king he does to save the life of the infant?
(a) Anything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sacrifice his own children.
(d) Sacrifice his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Antigonus have?

2. What does Hermione deny after Leontes accuses her of having an affair?

3. Polixenes says that, as children, what sin does he and Leontes commit?

4. What is one of the topics of conversation between the men in Act three, scene one?

5. When is "The Winter's Tale" first published?

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