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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. Why does Mamillius fall ill?
(a) Due to stress.
(b) Due to his mother's absence.
(c) Due to his father's ranting.
(d) Due to the shame of the situation with his parents.

2. What does Antigonus tell the king he does to save the life of the infant?
(a) Anything.
(b) Sacrifice his own children.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sacrifice his own life.

3. Who does Leontes order to take Mamillius away from Hermione?
(a) A nanny.
(b) The ladies.
(c) A servant.
(d) A knight.

4. Antigonus speaks to the baby and says that _____ are its caretakers.
(a) The gods.
(b) The poor.
(c) The animals.
(d) The priests.

5. When Cleomenes says "fertile the isle/the temple much surpassing", what is he referring to?
(a) The church yard.
(b) The Oracle.
(c) The temple of Zeus.
(d) The temple of the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?

2. What does Hermione do when she hears the news that Mamillius dies?

3. Who is the God the Oracle is dedicate to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paulina plan to convince the king of Hermione's innocence?

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

3. What does Paulina do when the guard tells her that no one sees the queen?

4. What does Time say about Perdita?

5. How does the shepherd and Clown become gentlemen?

6. What are the charges against Hermione at her trial?

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

8. What does Florizel say when Polixenes, in disguise, asks him about his father's role in the marriage between himself and Perdita?

9. Who plays Time?

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

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