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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Hermione is adulterous, what does Antigonus want to do to his daughters?
(a) Never see them married.
(b) Have them taken away to another land.
(c) Have them imprisoned with Hermione.
(d) Have them sterilized.

2. When is "The Winter's Tale" first published?
(a) 1524.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1846.

3. How does Leontes reassure Polixenes that everything is well in his kingdom?
(a) Leontes has a messenger tell Polixenes that everything is well.
(b) Leontes reads Polixenes a letter from his Queen saying everything is well.
(c) Leontes doesn't reassure Polixenes that everything is well.
(d) Leontes says that they are notified the day before that everything is well.

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

5. How does Leontes plan to kill Polixenes?
(a) With a dagger at night.
(b) By beheading him.
(c) With poison in his wine.
(d) By pushing him off a cliff.

6. Who tells the king that the queen dies?
(a) Paulina.
(b) A servant.
(c) A lord.
(d) A lady.

7. What does "Apollo's great divine seal" refer to?
(a) The prophecy from the Oracle.
(b) The seal on the message from the Oracle.
(c) The ruling from the Oracle.
(d) The expression of Apollo's pleasure with the Oracle.

8. In what country is the Oracle located?
(a) Rome.
(b) Greece.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Spain.

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

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

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

12. How many characters speak in Act three, scene one?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

13. Who is Maxillius?
(a) The young Prince of Italia.
(b) The young Prince of Bohemia.
(c) The young Prince of Sicilia.
(d) The young Prince of Latvia.

14. What feeling does Leontes have towards Polixenes after seeing him touch his wife's arm?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

15. How does the king, at first, order Antigonus to kill the baby?
(a) By throwing it into the fire.
(b) By leaving it exposed to the elements.
(c) By starving it.
(d) By deserting it on a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polixenes invoke to get Camillo to tell him Leontes' plan?

2. How long does Polixenes stay with Leontes and Hermione?

3. Who is the lady Paulina asks to see when she is not allowed to see the Queen?

4. When Archidamus invites Camillo for a visit, what does he say is lacking at his home?

5. Who tells the king that Mamillius dies?

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