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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Clown enters, he lists of things he needs to buy for what?
(a) Nightly dinner.
(b) The sheep-shearing feast.
(c) The household.
(d) His sister.

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

3. Polixenes asks Camillo to not mention Sicilia anymore because it reminds him of what?
(a) Leontes.
(b) Hermione.
(c) Hermione's daughter.
(d) Mamillius.

4. What does Paulina identify that shows her husband is dead?
(a) A medallion.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A ring.
(d) A cufflink.

5. What do Autolycus, Dorcas and Mopsa do together?
(a) Eat.
(b) Talk.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

6. What does Time say he is turning to make the time pass?
(a) His watch.
(b) His clock.
(c) His glass.
(d) His hand.

7. Who tells Leontes that Florizel runs off with the daughter of a shepherd?
(a) A lord.
(b) A servant.
(c) A messenger.
(d) A soldier.

8. 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) A letter from Paulina.
(b) Hermione's letter.
(c) Antigonus' letter.
(d) A birth certificate.

9. What does Hermione tell Antigonus to do as he lays the baby down?
(a) Leave milk.
(b) Sing.
(c) Pray.
(d) Weep.

10. When Antigonus leaves the infant, what does he hear?
(a) Thunder and rain.
(b) Thunder and people shouting.
(c) Thunder and dogs barking.
(d) Thunder and a bear growl.

11. How many years pass, according to Time?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirteen.

12. Perdita fears for her father and says that who are conspiring against her and Florizel?
(a) The gods.
(b) Her family.
(c) The kings.
(d) The fates.

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

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

15. Autolycus grovels besides Clown and says what happens to him?
(a) He is hurt and his clothes are stolen.
(b) He is beaten and robbed.
(c) He is robbed and left behind.
(d) He is beaten and blinded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who points out that Perdita bears a close resemblance to Hermione?

2. When Polixenes removes his disguise, what does he tell Perdita to do, or else she is condemned to a painful death?

3. What does Perdita say that some people call her hybrid flowers?

4. What does Camillo think returning to his home country does for Leontes?

5. Camillo says that Florizel is not seen around, and is less involved in what?

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