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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. Archidamus is a lord of what location?
(a) Estonia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Bohemia.

2. Why does Leontes first get angry with Camillo?
(a) For not telling him that they are out of wine.
(b) For not telling him that his wife is unfaithful.
(c) For not telling him that Hermione is pregnant.
(d) For not telling him that Polixenes is staying.

3. Who tells the king that Mamillius dies?
(a) A nanny.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A servant.
(d) A messenger.

4. 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 he does not.
(c) That she has free will, and no one rules her.
(d) That he does if she lets him.

5. Who is the lady Paulina asks to see when she is not allowed to see the Queen?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Ertide.
(c) Emily.
(d) Emma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the charges laid against Hermione at her trial?

2. The kings that Camillo and Archidamus live under are what?

3. Camillo is a lord of what location?

4. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, think of forcing faults on Hermione?

5. Camillo and Archidamus' kings are long overdue for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who plays Time?

2. Why does Hermione play a statue, rather than reveal she is alive?

3. What do Autolycus and the gentlemen talk about in Act five, scene two?

4. What does Hermione say in Antigonus' dream?

5. Why does Polixenes think there is something about Perdita that speaks of more noble blood than being born of a shepherd?

6. What function does Time serve?

7. Why is Perdita nervous about marrying Florizel?

8. How does Hermione describe her love for Polixenes?

9. How does the shepherd and Clown become gentlemen?

10. In Act one, scene one, how does Camillo explain the kings' inability to visit each other?

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