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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 is "The Winter's Tale" first published?
(a) 1524.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1846.

2. How do the men, in Act three, scene one, say the journey to the Oracle is?
(a) Filled with riches.
(b) Full of bad weather.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Good.

3. What does Hermione think is sufficient proof of her innocence?
(a) The way others view her.
(b) The way she lives her life.
(c) The fact that the king is mad.
(d) The fact that she says she's not guilty.

4. The regions that Camillo and Archidamus are from are located where, in relation to each other?
(a) They are neighboring regions.
(b) They are across a river.
(c) They are across a sea.
(d) They are across an ocean.

5. What does Hermione do when she hears the news that Mamillius dies?
(a) She cries.
(b) She faints.
(c) She begins a lament.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Leontes first get angry with Camillo?

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

4. The king is the only person who believes that Hermione is what?

5. Polixenes says that, as children, what sin does he and Leontes commit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Camillo advise Polixenes to do regarding Leontes and the charge of adultery?

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

4. How is Leontes planning to have his revenge on Hermione and Polixenes?

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

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

7. What function does Time serve?

8. What is the history behind the friendship of the kings?

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

10. Why is Act one, scene one important?

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