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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Antigonus and the mariner?
(a) They are killed by lightening.
(b) They are killed by a bear.
(c) They are killed on the ship.
(d) They are killed by a wolf.

3. What does Time say is the effect of Leontes' grieving?
(a) He shuts himself up.
(b) He dies.
(c) He becomes a priest.
(d) He goes mad.

4. What does Hermione think is sufficient proof of her innocence?
(a) The fact that she says she's not guilty.
(b) The way others view her.
(c) The fact that the king is mad.
(d) The way she lives her life.

5. At the end of Act three, scene one, what do the men get to make their journey home faster?
(a) A boat.
(b) Fresh horses.
(c) A carriage.
(d) More oarsmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polixenes worry happens to his kingdom if he stays away too long?

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

3. What does Camillo give to Perdita to hide her face while she changes her garments?

4. Where is the guard during Paulina and the other lady's visit?

5. How do the men, in Act three, scene one, say the journey to the Oracle is?

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