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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. When Leontes imprisons Hermione, who does she take with her?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Her ladies.
(d) Maxillius.

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

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

4. The king is the only person who believes that Hermione is what?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Adulterous.
(d) Innocent.

5. If Hermione is adulterous, what does Antigonus want to do to his daughters?
(a) Have them sterilized.
(b) Have them taken away to another land.
(c) Have them imprisoned with Hermione.
(d) Never see them married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hermione deny after Leontes accuses her of having an affair?

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

3. Why does Leontes first get angry with Camillo?

4. Hermione says that Polixenes can stay with them as their guest or as what?

5. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the message from the Oracle say?

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

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

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

5. How does the shepherd and Clown become gentlemen?

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

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

8. What is the old shepherd complaining about when he first enters?

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

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

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