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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 does Paulina think causes the king to see his mistake?
(a) Hearing how Hermione is doing.
(b) Talking to the king.
(c) Seeing his new daughter.
(d) Seeing Hermione.

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

3. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Revenge.

4. Why does Leontes believe he has to kill his wife?
(a) To move on.
(b) To ease the dishonor she causes.
(c) To end the discussion of his son's paternity.
(d) To eliminate a traitor.

5. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) The guard.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The king.
(d) The knight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?

3. What is one of the topics of conversation between the men in Act three, scene one?

4. Why does Hermione not want to ask a lady to show Leontes' daughter to him?

5. What does Polixenes invoke to get Camillo to tell him Leontes' plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the king waiting for before killing the queen?

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

3. Is Leontes alone is his belief that Hermione is guilty of dishonor and adultery?

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

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

6. What does Clown name off in the list of things he needs to buy for the sheep-shearing feast?

7. When Archidamus invites Camillo to Bohemia, how does Archidamus describe Bohemia?

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

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

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

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