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The Winter's Tale Quiz 1

  • 1. Leontes is king of
    •     Bohemia
    •     England
    •     Sicilia
    •     Delphos

  • 2. Polixenes is king of
    •     Bohemia
    •     England
    •     Sicilia
    •     Delphos

  • 3. Mamillius is
    •     Prince of Sicilia, son of Hermione and Leontes
    •     Prince of England, son of Perdita and Florizell
    •     Prince of Delphos, and a foundling
    •     Prince of Bohemia, son of Hermione and Polixenes

  • 4. Leontes and Polixenes were
    •     boyhood friends
    •     former enemies, generals on different sides of a great war
    •     born of the same mother but different fathers
    •     companions on a great quest for the bow of Artemis

  • 5. Leontes orders Camillo to
    •     poison Polixenes
    •     poison Perdita
    •     poison himself
    •     poison Hermione

  • 6. Camillo chooses to
    •     disobey Leontes and warn Hermione of danger
    •     disobey Leontes and help Polixenes to escape
    •     disobey Leontes and help Perdita to escape
    •     disobey Leontes and poison himself

  • 7. Leontes accuses Hermione of
    •     trying to suffocate their baby
    •     plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him
    •     having and adulterous affair with Polixenes
    •     both plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him and having and adulterous affair with Polixenes

  • 8. Paulina could best be described as
    •     a strong-willed and outspoken woman who is ultimately loyal to the king and social stability
    •     a devout and forgiving woman, following the Christian model of passive and obedient feminine virtue
    •     a proto-feminist, intent on change through revolution
    •     both a proto-feminist, intent on change through revolution and a strong-willed and outspoken woman who is ultimately loyal to the king and social stability

  • 9. Paulina takes the baby from Hermione's cell, hoping to
    •     protect the child from Leontes' jealous rage
    •     bring the baby to Leontes, to restore the king to his senses
    •     protect Hermione from the child, which is possessed
    •     none of the above

  • 10. Leontes has dispatched
    •     letters to the pope, hoping for his guidance
    •     messengers to the oracle of Apollo
    •     letters to the King of Athens, hoping to start a war against Bohemia
    •     messengers to England, hoping to get the advice of the oracle

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