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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Act four, scene two, where do Polixenes and Camillo go?
(a) To the shepherd's estate.
(b) To the university to find Florizel.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the throne room.

2. According to the stage directions, who enters with Time?
(a) Perdita.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) No one.
(d) A messenger.

3. Where does Polixenes say that Florizel is spending a great deal of time?
(a) At the church.
(b) At a shepherd's estate.
(c) At the house of a young lady.
(d) At the university.

4. What does Time say he is using to slide over the years between the end of Act three and the beginning of Act four?
(a) His flight.
(b) His wings.
(c) His chariot.
(d) His feet.

5. What does Florizel say to reassure Perdita that she doesn't need to fear his father?
(a) That their love is honorable.
(b) That she is beautiful.
(c) That they are perfect together.
(d) That she is extraordinary.

6. Who does Autolycus promise that he changes his ways?
(a) The kings.
(b) The shepherd and Clown.
(c) Florizel.
(d) Perdita.

7. What does Camillo say that the shepherd has, when asked by Polixenes?
(a) An unusual daughter.
(b) A beautiful daughter.
(c) A graceful daughter.
(d) A comic daughter.

8. Polixenes thinks that to grant Camillo's wish to go home is what?
(a) Something he does not do.
(b) An act of kindness.
(c) A death.
(d) A good thing.

9. Clown condemns the person called Autolycus and calls him the biggest what, in all of Bohemia?
(a) Liar.
(b) Coward.
(c) Thief.
(d) Cheat.

10. What does Time say it is in his power to overthrow?
(a) Law.
(b) Culture.
(c) Customs.
(d) Governments.

11. What is the area where Antigonus and the mariner take the baby known for?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Thunderstorms.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Roaming tribes of nomads.

12. How many years pass, according to Time?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

13. What does Perdita say that some people call her hybrid flowers?
(a) Garden's bastards.
(b) Nature's bastards.
(c) Flower's bastards.
(d) Home-grown flowers.

14. What do Autolycus, Dorcas and Mopsa do together?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Eat.
(d) Talk.

15. When Antigonus leaves the infant, what does he hear?
(a) Thunder and rain.
(b) Thunder and dogs barking.
(c) Thunder and a bear growl.
(d) Thunder and people shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polixenes asks Camillo to not mention Sicilia anymore because it reminds him of what?

2. How old is Perdita in Act four, scene one?

3. What role does Time have in Act four, scene one?

4. Who tells Leontes that Florizel runs off with the daughter of a shepherd?

5. What does Camillo give to Perdita to hide her face while she changes her garments?

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