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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. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?

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

3. What does Paulina think causes the king to see his mistake?

4. Antigonus says that if Hermione is adulterous, then no other woman is what?

5. Who reads, at the trial, what the Oracle says?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the shepherd and Clown not blame Autolycus for what happens to them?

2. What does the old shepherd think when he happens upon the baby?

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

4. What do Autolycus and the gentlemen talk about in Act five, scene two?

5. Why is Act one, scene one important?

6. Why does Antigonus want his daughters sterilized?

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

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

9. What is Paulina's response to the king's claim that he has her burnt by fire?

10. What is Paulina's response, when the king asks her husband if he dess not rule her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of Autolycus in the play? Support your answer with examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

What role do prophecies and the gods play in the story? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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