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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Leontes send to the Oracle?

2. Antigonus says that if Hermione is adulterous, then no other woman is what?

3. What is one of the topics of conversation between the men in Act three, scene one?

4. Who does Leontes get to agree to kill Polixenes?

5. Leontes asks Antigonus if he does not rule his own wife. What is Paulina's reply?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Paulina's response to the king's claim that he has her burnt by fire?

2. Why is Act one, scene one important?

3. Why does Polixenes think there is something about Perdita that speaks of more noble blood than being born of a shepherd?

4. What does Florizel say when Polixenes, in disguise, asks him about his father's role in the marriage between himself and Perdita?

5. Why does Leontes think that Camillo is either a liar or stupid at the beginning of the play?

6. What is a soliloquy?

7. What do Autolycus and the gentlemen talk about in Act five, scene two?

8. How does Emilia say Hermione is doing in prison?

9. Why does Polixenes not want to let Camillo go?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the most loyal character in the play, and why? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of social status to the play, and what happens because of social status? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What actions, emotions, lines and scenes from the play indicate that friendship is a theme that runs throughout the play?

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