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

2. How many times does Leontes say he visits the graves of his wife and son?
(a) Three times a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Twice a day.

3. What is the theme of Act one, scene one?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Trust.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Honor.

4. Act three, scene one offers more support for the proposition that the king is the only person who thinks that Hermione is what?
(a) A bad mother.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Unjust.
(d) A witch.

5. Leontes scolds Antigonus for not keeping his wife in line and says he punishes Paulina how?
(a) By making her a servant.
(b) By drowining her.
(c) By imprisoning her.
(d) By burning her wth fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?

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

3. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, think of forcing faults on Hermione?

4. How long does Polixenes stay with Leontes and Hermione?

5. How does Leontes want his wife killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hermione say in Antigonus' dream?

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

3. Why does Polixenes not want to let Camillo go?

4. What is a soliloquy?

5. What does the mariner warn Antigonus about?

6. Why does Polixenes think there is something about Perdita that speaks of more noble blood than being born of a shepherd?

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

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

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

10. What does Leontes tell Florizel about marrying Perdita, once he finds out that they are not married and she is not royal?

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