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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?
(a) They are neighboring regions.
(b) They are across an ocean.
(c) They are across a river.
(d) They are across a sea.

2. Who does Leontes order to take Mamillius away from Hermione?
(a) A servant.
(b) A knight.
(c) A nanny.
(d) The ladies.

3. Act one, scene one sets up the ______ that the play is based on.
(a) Issues.
(b) Themes.
(c) Lines.
(d) Background.

4. Polixenes says that, as children, what sin does he and Leontes commit?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Carousing.
(c) The original sin.
(d) Drinking.

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

6. What does Polixenes invoke to get Camillo to tell him Leontes' plan?
(a) Honor.
(b) Friendship.
(c) A promise.
(d) An oath.

7. If Hermione is adulterous, what does Antigonus want to do to his daughters?
(a) Have them sterilized.
(b) Have them taken away to another land.
(c) Never see them married.
(d) Have them imprisoned with Hermione.

8. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?
(a) That her husband wants her dead.
(b) That the people believe she is a traitor.
(c) That she is seperated from her children.
(d) That her husband doesn't believe her to be honorable.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who delivers the young baby to Paulina?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Emily.
(d) The queen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antigonus tell the king he does to save the life of the infant?

2. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?

3. Act three, scene one offers more support for the proposition that the king is the only person who thinks that Hermione is what?

4. What does Polixenes worry happens to his kingdom if he stays away too long?

5. How many times does Leontes say he visits the graves of his wife and son?

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