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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paulina say she does, if she is a man?
(a) Fight the king because he is wrong.
(b) Fight the king until he is dead.
(c) Fight the king until he acknowledges the truth.
(d) Fight the king for the queen's honor.

2. Camillo and Archidamus' kings are long overdue for what?
(a) A war with each other.
(b) A trade agreement with each other.
(c) A visit with each other.
(d) A conference with each other.

3. What feeling does Leontes have towards Polixenes after seeing him touch his wife's arm?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Friendship.

4. Leontes scolds Antigonus for not keeping his wife in line and says he punishes Paulina how?
(a) By making her a servant.
(b) By burning her wth fire.
(c) By imprisoning her.
(d) By drowining her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is "The Winter's Tale" first published?

2. Who delivers the young baby to Paulina?

3. Who is Maxillius?

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

5. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What function does Time serve?

2. What does the mariner warn Antigonus about?

3. What does Leontes tell Florizel about marrying Perdita, once he finds out that they are not married and she is not royal?

4. Why do Leontes and Perdita not want Paulina to close the curtain on the statue of Hermione?

5. Who plays Time?

6. What tale does a lord tell Leontes about Florizel's arrival in Sicilia?

7. What is Paulina's response, when the king asks her husband if he dess not rule her?

8. Who is Autolycus?

9. How does Camillo describe the shepherd and his estate?

10. What does the message from the Oracle say?

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