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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. Who delivers the young baby to Paulina?

2. What does Hermione deny after Leontes accuses her of having an affair?

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

4. What does Leontes send men to get from the Oracle?

5. What causes Hermione to give birth early?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Leontes planning to have his revenge on Hermione and Polixenes?

3. What function does Time serve?

4. What does Leontes tell Antigonus to do to the baby, after Antigonus refuses to throw it in the fire?

5. Who is Autolycus?

6. How does Hermione describe her love for Polixenes?

7. Why does the queen not ask anyone to take the new baby to the king?

8. Where are Cleomenes and Dion, and how long are they gone?

9. What happens when Clown helps Autolycus?

10. Why do the shepherd and Clown not blame Autolycus for what happens to them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Polixenes and Leontes similar characters? Use specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What role do prophecies and the gods play in the story? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the play, answer the following question: What genre of play is "The Winter's Tale"?

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