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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hermione deny after Leontes accuses her of having an affair?
(a) That her unborn baby is from an affair.
(b) That her unborn baby survives.
(c) That her unborn baby is Polixenes.
(d) That her unborn baby is a girl.

2. How do the men, in Act three, scene one, say the journey to the Oracle is?
(a) Dreary.
(b) Good.
(c) Filled with riches.
(d) Full of bad weather.

3. Archidamus is a lord of what location?
(a) Latvia.
(b) Bohemia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Estonia.

4. Who is Maxillius' father?
(a) Arithide.
(b) Leontes.
(c) Polixenes.
(d) Marcucio.

5. What is the theme of Act one, scene one?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Trust.
(c) Honor.
(d) Friendship.

6. When Archidamus invites Camillo for a visit, what does he say is lacking at his home?
(a) Horses.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Women.

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

8. How does Leontes want his wife killed?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By beheading.
(c) By fire.
(d) By impailment.

9. When Leontes imprisons Hermione, who does she take with her?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Maxillius.
(c) Her ladies.
(d) A nurse.

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

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

12. What is one of the topics of conversation between the men in Act three, scene one?
(a) The upcoming marriage.
(b) The upcoming death.
(c) The upcoming sacrifice.
(d) The upcoming trial.

13. Who is Paulina?
(a) One of Hermione's ladies.
(b) Maxillius' nanny.
(c) Antigonus' wife.
(d) A servant.

14. In what city is the Oracle located?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Carthage.
(d) Delphi.

15. Why does Hermione not want to ask a lady to show Leontes' daughter to him?
(a) She is afraid no one says yes.
(b) She doesn't know who to ask.
(c) She doesn't know if Leontes wants to see his daughter.
(d) She doesn't know if her daughter survives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country is the Oracle located?

3. Act three, scene one offers more support for the proposition that the king is the only person who thinks that Hermione is what?

4. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?

5. What does everyone think about Hermione, except her husband?

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