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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 type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?
(a) A dramedy.
(b) A romance.
(c) A drama.
(d) A comedy.

2. Camillo is a lord of what location?
(a) Italia.
(b) Dormania.
(c) Francisca.
(d) Sicilia.

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

4. What does the king live without, according to the Oracle, if that which is lost be not found?
(a) A son.
(b) A family.
(c) A wife.
(d) An heir.

5. How does Leontes want his wife killed?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By beheading.
(c) By fire.
(d) By impailment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leontes believe he has to kill his wife?

2. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, want the Oracle to say?

3. Where is the guard during Paulina and the other lady's visit?

4. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hermione describe her love for Polixenes?

3. What function does Time serve?

4. Why does Antigonus want his daughters sterilized?

5. What reason does Florizel give for not buying Perdita gifts from the peddler?

6. How does Emilia say Hermione is doing in prison?

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

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

9. Why do the shepherd and Clown not blame Autolycus for what happens to them?

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

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