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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. Who delivers the young baby to Paulina?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Emilia.
(c) The queen.
(d) Emily.

2. Who does Leontes consider Hermione's accomplice in her affair?
(a) Her ladies.
(b) Her handmaiden.
(c) Antigonus.
(d) Camillo.

3. At the end of Act three, scene one, what do the men get to make their journey home faster?
(a) A boat.
(b) A carriage.
(c) More oarsmen.
(d) Fresh horses.

4. Polixenes says that, as children, what sin does he and Leontes commit?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Carousing.
(c) The original sin.
(d) Gambling.

5. What does Leontes send men to get from the Oracle?
(a) A message.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A prophecy.
(d) A ruling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Leontes imprisons Hermione, who does she take with her?

2. In what country is the Oracle located?

3. Who is Maxillius?

4. How many daughters does Antigonus have?

5. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Cleomenes and Dion, and how long are they gone?

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

3. Why does the queen not ask anyone to take the new baby to the king?

4. Why does Hermione agree to go with the guards when Leontes orders her to be imprisoned?

5. What does the old shepherd think when he happens upon the baby?

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

7. Why does Hermione say that she has nothing left in her life?

8. When Leontes is told that Polixenes and Camillo escape, what does he do about his other children?

9. Why does Antigonus want his daughters sterilized?

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

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