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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Antigonus says that if Hermione is adulterous, then no other woman is what?
(a) Righteous.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Faithful.

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

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

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

7. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?
(a) A romance.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A dramedy.
(d) A drama.

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

9. 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 sterilized.
(d) Have them imprisoned with Hermione.

10. What does the king live without, according to the Oracle, if that which is lost be not found?
(a) A wife.
(b) A son.
(c) An heir.
(d) A family.

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

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

13. How does Archidamus plan on making up for what is lacking at his home?
(a) With great books and love for their friends.
(b) With drinks and food.
(c) With great scenery and drinks.
(d) With drinks and love for their friends.

14. Who tells Leontes that Polixenes and Camillo run off together?
(a) A duke.
(b) A knight.
(c) A messenger.
(d) A lord.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?

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

3. Who is the God the Oracle is dedicate to?

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

5. Why does Mamillius fall ill?

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