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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Polixenes and Camillo go away together, what does Polixenes say they must do?
(a) Dress properly.
(b) Prepare a speech.
(c) Pray for guidence.
(d) Disguise themselves.

2. What does Antigonus ask the mariner at the beginning of Act three, scene three?
(a) If he is certain they are out of their land.
(b) If he is certain they are in the wilderness.
(c) If he is certain they are on Bohemia land.
(d) If he is certain there is no one nearby.

3. What is Polixenes threatening the shepherd and his son with?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Fines.
(c) Torture.
(d) Death.

4. When Polixenes removes his disguise, what does he tell Perdita to do, or else she is condemned to a painful death?
(a) Marry the king immediately.
(b) Leave the kingdom.
(c) Never be near Florizel again.
(d) Marry someone else immediately.

5. What does Florizel tell Leontes is the reason that prevents his father from coming to visit?
(a) Worries about the kingdom.
(b) His wife.
(c) Old age.
(d) Sickness.

6. Leontes promises that he never marries unless Paulina does what?
(a) Has another child.
(b) Chooses his bride.
(c) Forgives him.
(d) Remarries first.

7. What is a second object that is with Perdita, that the shepherd has in a bundle, that proves Perdita is the daughter of Leontes?
(a) Hermione's letter.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) Antigonus' letter.
(d) A letter from Paulina.

8. What purpose does Act four, scene one serve?
(a) To say that the main characters in the play change.
(b) To say that everyone grows up and are now going to be the focus of the play.
(c) To say that there is no explanation of what is missed during the years that pass.
(d) To say that the setting of the play changes to Bohemia.

9. What does Camillo say that the shepherd has, when asked by Polixenes?
(a) A comic daughter.
(b) A beautiful daughter.
(c) An unusual daughter.
(d) A graceful daughter.

10. Florizel says that Polixenes listens to Leontes and does what?
(a) Make a better decision.
(b) Follow his advice.
(c) Give in to his requests.
(d) Cool down.

11. What does Autolycus say, in an aside, happens to Florizel and Perdita on the ship?
(a) They go into hiding.
(b) They aren't listening to anyone.
(c) They are sick from stress.
(d) They get seasick.

12. What does Camillo think returning to his home country does for Leontes?
(a) Allow him to repent his sins.
(b) Give him peace of mind.
(c) Allow him to be king again.
(d) Relieve some of his guilt.

13. Who are Mopsa and Dorcas?
(a) Ladies maids.
(b) Servants.
(c) Messengers.
(d) Shepherdesses.

14. Autolycus serves as a medium to convey what?
(a) The feelings of the other characters.
(b) The happenings of the other characters.
(c) The results of the action.
(d) The morals of the story.

15. How old is Perdita in Act four, scene one?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Time say he is using to slide over the years between the end of Act three and the beginning of Act four?

2. When Antigonus leaves the infant, what does he hear?

3. Polixenes asks Camillo to not mention Sicilia anymore because it reminds him of what?

4. The queen's statue has a reputation as a what?

5. What does Camillo give to Perdita to hide her face while she changes her garments?

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