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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Act three, scene one offers more support for the proposition that the king is the only person who thinks that Hermione is what?
(a) A witch.
(b) Unjust.
(c) A bad mother.
(d) Innocent.

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

6. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?
(a) A petty husband.
(b) A mad king.
(c) A jealous tyrant.
(d) A bad leader.

7. Where is the guard during Paulina and the other lady's visit?
(a) With them the whole time.
(b) Out in the hall.
(c) Outside the door.
(d) With them at the beginning, and then he leaves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who is the God the Oracle is dedicate to?
(a) Athena.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the king that the queen dies?

2. Who is Maxillius' father?

3. Who tells Leontes that Polixenes and Camillo run off together?

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

5. Camillo is a lord of what location?

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