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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. Why does Leontes first get angry with Camillo?
(a) For not telling him that his wife is unfaithful.
(b) For not telling him that they are out of wine.
(c) For not telling him that Hermione is pregnant.
(d) For not telling him that Polixenes is staying.

2. Act three, scene one offers more support for the proposition that the king is the only person who thinks that Hermione is what?
(a) Unjust.
(b) Innocent.
(c) A bad mother.
(d) A witch.

3. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, think of forcing faults on Hermione?

2. How many daughters does Antigonus have?

3. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?

4. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.

5. Why does Hermione not want to ask a lady to show Leontes' daughter to him?

(see the answer key)

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