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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Camillo and Archidamus' kings are long overdue for what?
(a) A conference with each other.
(b) A trade agreement with each other.
(c) A visit with each other.
(d) A war with each other.

2. Who does Paulina assure that she protects from punishment for allowing her to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Emily.
(c) Hermione.
(d) The guard.

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

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

5. Why does Leontes first get angry with Camillo?
(a) For not telling him that they are out of wine.
(b) For not telling him that his wife is unfaithful.
(c) For not telling him that Polixenes is staying.
(d) For not telling him that Hermione is pregnant.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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 crops die.
(c) He worries something bad happens.
(d) He worries his Queen dies.

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

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

13. What does Paulina think causes the king to see his mistake?
(a) Talking to the king.
(b) Seeing Hermione.
(c) Seeing his new daughter.
(d) Hearing how Hermione is doing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the king live without, according to the Oracle, if that which is lost be not found?

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

5. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?

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