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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men, in Act three, scene one, want the Oracle to say?
(a) That Hermione is not guilty.
(b) That Hermione divorces the king.
(c) That Hermione leaves the country.
(d) That Hermione lives.

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

3. Who is the God the Oracle is dedicate to?
(a) Athena.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Artemis.

4. What does Hermione deny after Leontes accuses her of having an affair?
(a) That her unborn baby is from an affair.
(b) That her unborn baby survives.
(c) That her unborn baby is a girl.
(d) That her unborn baby is Polixenes.

5. What causes Hermione to give birth early?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Stress.
(d) Sickness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What emotion is Leontes feeling the need to act out on his wife?

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

4. Who is Maxillius?

5. Who is the lady Paulina asks to see when she is not allowed to see the Queen?

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