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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. How does Leontes plan to kill Polixenes?
(a) By beheading him.
(b) With poison in his wine.
(c) With a dagger at night.
(d) By pushing him off a cliff.

2. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The knight.
(c) The guard.
(d) The king.

3. When Leontes sees Paulina, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Stay.
(b) Leave.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Talk with him.

4. What does Hermione do when she hears the news that Mamillius dies?
(a) She begins a lament.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She cries.
(d) She faints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Act one, scene one sets up the ______ that the play is based on.

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

3. What does "Apollo's great divine seal" refer to?

4. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?

5. What does Paulina say she does, if she is a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Florizel, and where does he spend his time?

2. Why does Leontes think that Camillo is either a liar or stupid at the beginning of the play?

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

4. Who is in disagreement about whether Leontes marries again, and why?

5. Who plays Time?

6. What are some of the indications that the statue of Hermione is actually Hermione?

7. Who is Autolycus?

8. What prompts Leontes to say that he is king, and doesn't require any advice?

9. When Archidamus invites Camillo to Bohemia, how does Archidamus describe Bohemia?

10. What does Clown name off in the list of things he needs to buy for the sheep-shearing feast?

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