View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Polixenes stay with Leontes and Hermione?
(a) Two years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) One year.
(d) 18 months.

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

3. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?
(a) Trateus.
(b) Archimedus.
(c) Camillo.
(d) Maximilian.

4. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, think of forcing faults on Hermione?
(a) They think the king is mad.
(b) They claim it is a curse.
(c) They do not like it.
(d) They think it is a violent thing.

5. What causes Hermione to give birth early?
(a) Stress.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

6. Camillo is a lord of what location?
(a) Italia.
(b) Dormania.
(c) Francisca.
(d) Sicilia.

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

8. Who reads, at the trial, what the Oracle says?
(a) Leontes.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A soldier.
(d) An officer.

9. Who tells the king that Mamillius dies?
(a) A messenger.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A servant.

10. Hermione says that Polixenes can stay with them as their guest or as what?
(a) Their prisoner.
(b) Their enemy.
(c) Their family.
(d) Their servant.

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

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

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

14. The kings that Camillo and Archidamus live under are what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Acquaintences.
(d) Known to each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the charges laid against Hermione at her trial?

2. How does Leontes reassure Polixenes that everything is well in his kingdom?

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

4. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 466 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample