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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many characters speak in Act three, scene one?

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

4. How does Leontes reassure Polixenes that everything is well in his kingdom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What function does Time serve?

2. How does Hermione describe her love for Polixenes?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Camillo describe the shepherd and his estate?

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

10. What does Leontes tell Antigonus to do to the baby, after Antigonus refuses to throw it in the fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is what happens to Polixenes and Florizel similar to what happens to Leontes? Support your answer using specific examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of social status to the play, and what happens because of social status? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Is Hermione's action, pretending to be dead for so many years, a justifiable reaction to Leontes treatment of her? Why or why not? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

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