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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leontes want his wife killed?
(a) By beheading.
(b) By impailment.
(c) By fire.
(d) By drowning.

2. When Leontes sees Paulina, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Stay.
(b) Talk with him.
(c) Leave.
(d) Sit down.

3. Who allows Paulina to take the baby out of the prison?
(a) The knight.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The guard.
(d) The king.

4. What does Leontes send men to get from the Oracle?
(a) A prophecy.
(b) A ruling.
(c) A message.
(d) A prayer.

5. What feeling does Leontes have towards Polixenes after seeing him touch his wife's arm?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Friendship.

6. Polixenes tells Hermione that he and Leontes sin because they haven't met whom?
(a) The most beautiful women.
(b) The love of their lives.
(c) Their wives.
(d) The right woman.

7. What quality does Paulina show towards the queen?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Spirit.

8. When Leontes imprisons Hermione, who does she take with her?
(a) Her ladies.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Maxillius.

9. What does Hermione say makes her life not worth living?
(a) That her husband wants her dead.
(b) That she is seperated from her children.
(c) That her husband doesn't believe her to be honorable.
(d) That the people believe she is a traitor.

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

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

12. What is one of the topics of conversation between the men in Act three, scene one?
(a) The upcoming sacrifice.
(b) The upcoming marriage.
(c) The upcoming death.
(d) The upcoming trial.

13. Why does Hermione not want to ask a lady to show Leontes' daughter to him?
(a) She is afraid no one says yes.
(b) She doesn't know who to ask.
(c) She doesn't know if Leontes wants to see his daughter.
(d) She doesn't know if her daughter survives.

14. What type of play does Shakespeare list "The Winter's Tale" as?
(a) A drama.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A romance.
(d) A dramedy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leontes consider Hermione's accomplice in her affair?

2. Who is Maxillius' father?

3. What does Antigonus tell the king he does to save the life of the infant?

4. Who tells the king that the queen dies?

5. How do the men, in Act three, scene one, say the journey to the Oracle is?

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