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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Leontes sees Paulina, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Talk with him.
(b) Sit down.
(c) Leave.
(d) Stay.
2. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?
(a) A dramedy.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A drama.
(d) A romance.
3. How does Leontes plan to kill Polixenes?
(a) By pushing him off a cliff.
(b) By beheading him.
(c) With poison in his wine.
(d) With a dagger at night.
4. What does Hermione do when she hears the news that Mamillius dies?
(a) She begins a lament.
(b) She cries.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She faints.
5. Who does Leontes order to take Mamillius away from Hermione?
(a) A nanny.
(b) The ladies.
(c) A knight.
(d) A servant.
6. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.
(a) The gods.
(b) The poor.
(c) The animals.
(d) The priests.
7. How long does Polixenes stay with Leontes and Hermione?
(a) 18 months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Nine months.
8. Where is the guard during Paulina and the other lady's visit?
(a) Out in the hall.
(b) Outside the door.
(c) With them the whole time.
(d) With them at the beginning, and then he leaves.
9. Camillo is a lord of what location?
(a) Sicilia.
(b) Italia.
(c) Francisca.
(d) Dormania.
10. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) The knight.
(b) The king.
(c) The guard.
(d) Her husband.
11. Archidamus is a lord of what location?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Latvia.
(c) Bohemia.
(d) Estonia.
12. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?
(a) Archimedus.
(b) Maximilian.
(c) Camillo.
(d) Trateus.
13. Who tells the king that Mamillius dies?
(a) A servant.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A nanny.
14. Who is Maxillius?
(a) The young Prince of Latvia.
(b) The young Prince of Sicilia.
(c) The young Prince of Italia.
(d) The young Prince of Bohemia.
15. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?
(a) That he does if she is acting dishonorably.
(b) That she has free will, and no one rules her.
(c) That he does if she lets him.
(d) That he does not.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hermione think is sufficient proof of her innocence?
2. Camillo and Archidamus' kings are long overdue for what?
3. What causes Hermione to give birth early?
4. What is the theme of Act one, scene one?
5. In what city is the Oracle located?
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