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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?
(a) A dramedy.
(b) A drama.
(c) A romance.
(d) A comedy.

2. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?
(a) Anger.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Hatred.

3. Polixenes tells Hermione that he and Leontes sin because they haven't met whom?
(a) Their wives.
(b) The most beautiful women.
(c) The love of their lives.
(d) The right woman.

4. What does Polixenes worry happens to his kingdom if he stays away too long?
(a) He worries something bad happens.
(b) He worries he loses his throne.
(c) He worries his Queen dies.
(d) He worries his crops die.

5. What does the king live without, according to the Oracle, if that which is lost be not found?
(a) A family.
(b) An heir.
(c) A wife.
(d) A son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paulina assure that she protects from punishment for allowing her to take the baby out of the prison?

2. Camillo and Archidamus' kings are long overdue for what?

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

4. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, want the Oracle to say?

5. How many times does Leontes say he visits the graves of his wife and son?

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