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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pounds of currants does Clown want to buy for the sheep-shearing feast?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

3. What happens to Antigonus and the mariner?
(a) They are killed by lightening.
(b) They are killed by a bear.
(c) They are killed by a wolf.
(d) They are killed on the ship.

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

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

6. According to the stage directions, who enters with Time?
(a) A messenger.
(b) Perdita.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) No one.

7. What does Clown find inside the bundle with the infant?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Jewels.
(c) A letter.
(d) Gold.

8. Perdita tells Florizal that she must win the king's approval to marry him or else do what?
(a) Never see him again.
(b) End her life.
(c) Marry someone else.
(d) Leave the country.

9. Who tries to convince the Leontes that he feels enough guilt and does enough good to make up for earlier mistakes?
(a) Dion.
(b) A lord.
(c) Cleomenes.
(d) Paulina.

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

11. Who does Autolycus say robs him, when Clown asks?
(a) Autolycus describes himself.
(b) Autolycus describes Clown.
(c) Autolycus describes a different thief.
(d) Autolycus describes Florizel.

12. How does Polixenes characterize the shepherd, based on his intelligence?
(a) Homely.
(b) Base-born.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Low-born.

13. What does Time say it is in his power to overthrow?
(a) Law.
(b) Culture.
(c) Governments.
(d) Customs.

14. Clown condemns the person called Autolycus and calls him the biggest what, in all of Bohemia?
(a) Liar.
(b) Coward.
(c) Thief.
(d) Cheat.

15. What does Camillo give to Perdita to hide her face while she changes her garments?
(a) Florizel's hat.
(b) Dorcas' cape.
(c) Autolycus' hat.
(d) Polixenes' jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a second object that is with Perdita, that the shepherd has in a bundle, that proves Perdita is the daughter of Leontes?

2. What is Autolycus doing when he first enters the play?

3. What role does Time have in Act four, scene one?

4. Who brings Florizel and Perdita to meet Leontes for the first time?

5. Where does Clown invite Autolycus to join him and his father at?

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