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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many characters speak in Act three, scene one?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Where is the guard during Paulina and the other lady's visit?
(a) Outside the door.
(b) With them at the beginning, and then he leaves.
(c) With them the whole time.
(d) Out in the hall.

4. Who does Leontes consider Hermione's accomplice in her affair?
(a) Camillo.
(b) Antigonus.
(c) Her handmaiden.
(d) Her ladies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Hermione is adulterous, what does Antigonus want to do to his daughters?

2. Who refuses to allow Paulina to see Hermione?

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

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

5. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?

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