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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Winter's Tale Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?
(a) Maximilian.
(b) Trateus.
(c) Camillo.
(d) Archimedus.

4. What does Hermione think is sufficient proof of her innocence?
(a) The fact that the king is mad.
(b) The way others view her.
(c) The way she lives her life.
(d) The fact that she says she's not guilty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the king that the queen dies?

2. What is one of the charges laid against Hermione at her trial?

3. How does the Oracle characterize Leontes?

4. Archidamus is a lord of what location?

5. Why does Mamillius fall ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hermione agree to go with the guards when Leontes orders her to be imprisoned?

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

3. Why does Hermione play a statue, rather than reveal she is alive?

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

5. Why does Antigonus want his daughters sterilized?

6. How does Paulina plan to convince the king of Hermione's innocence?

7. Who is Autolycus?

8. Is Leontes alone is his belief that Hermione is guilty of dishonor and adultery?

9. Why is Perdita nervous about marrying Florizel?

10. What happens when Leontes and Polixenes meet each other again, for the first time since Polixenes fled Sicilia?

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