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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Leontes scolds Antigonus for not keeping his wife in line and says he punishes Paulina how?
(a) By drowining her.
(b) By making her a servant.
(c) By burning her wth fire.
(d) By imprisoning her.

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

4. What does Leontes call for at the beginning of the trial?
(a) Duty.
(b) Honor.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Justice.

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

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

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

8. Why does Mamillius fall ill?
(a) Due to his father's ranting.
(b) Due to stress.
(c) Due to his mother's absence.
(d) Due to the shame of the situation with his parents.

9. What does Paulina say she does, if she is a man?
(a) Fight the king because he is wrong.
(b) Fight the king until he acknowledges the truth.
(c) Fight the king for the queen's honor.
(d) Fight the king until he is dead.

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

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

12. What is one of the charges laid against Hermione at her trial?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Infidelity.

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

14. When Cleomenes says "fertile the isle/the temple much surpassing", what is he referring to?
(a) The Oracle.
(b) The temple of the gods.
(c) The church yard.
(d) The temple of Zeus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.

2. What does "Apollo's great divine seal" refer to?

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

4. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?

5. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?

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