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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.
(a) The poor.
(b) The priests.
(c) The gods.
(d) The animals.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Polixenes worry happens to his kingdom if he stays away too long?
(a) He worries he loses his throne.
(b) He worries his Queen dies.
(c) He worries something bad happens.
(d) He worries his crops die.

8. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?
(a) That he does not.
(b) That he does if she lets him.
(c) That she has free will, and no one rules her.
(d) That he does if she is acting dishonorably.

9. What does Hermione whisper in Mamillius' ear before Leontes enters?
(a) A story.
(b) Who his father is.
(c) A secret.
(d) That she loves him.

10. Why does Leontes believe he has to kill his wife?
(a) To end the discussion of his son's paternity.
(b) To move on.
(c) To ease the dishonor she causes.
(d) To eliminate a traitor.

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

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

13. Hermione tells her husband that his accusations exists only where?
(a) In fantasy.
(b) In his mind.
(c) In madness.
(d) In his dream.

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

15. The king is the only person who believes that Hermione is what?
(a) Adulterous.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Innocent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the king, at first, order Antigonus to kill the baby?

2. When Leontes sees Paulina, what does he tell her to do?

3. What is the theme of Act one, scene one?

4. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?

5. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, want the Oracle to say?

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