The Winter’s Tale Quizzes

The Winter's Tale Quiz 1

1 Leontes is king of
Bohemia

England

Sicilia

Delphos
2 Polixenes is king of
Sicilia

Delphos

England

Bohemia
3 Mamillius is
Prince of Bohemia, son of Hermione and Polixenes

Prince of Sicilia, son of Hermione and Leontes

Prince of England, son of Perdita and Florizell

Prince of Delphos, and a foundling
4 Leontes and Polixenes were
boyhood friends

born of the same mother but different fathers

former enemies, generals on different sides of a great war

companions on a great quest for the bow of Artemis
5 Leontes orders Camillo to
poison Perdita

poison Hermione

poison himself

poison Polixenes
6 Camillo chooses to
disobey Leontes and poison himself

disobey Leontes and warn Hermione of danger

disobey Leontes and help Polixenes to escape

disobey Leontes and help Perdita to escape
7 Leontes accuses Hermione of
plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him

both plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him and having and adulterous affair with Polixenes

trying to suffocate their baby

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 proto-feminist, intent on change through revolution

a devout and forgiving woman, following the Christian model of passive and obedient feminine virtue

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 Hermione from the child, which is possessed

bring the baby to Leontes, to restore the king to his senses

protect the child from Leontes' jealous rage

none of the above
10 Leontes has dispatched
letters to the King of Athens, hoping to start a war against Bohemia

messengers to England, hoping to get the advice of the oracle

letters to the pope, hoping for his guidance

messengers to the oracle of Apollo
11 Hermione is put on trial. Leontes' interaction with his courtiers before and during this trial could best be described as
needy and begging for forgiveness

just but stern

paranoid, threatening, and self-isolating

open and honest, with the king receptive to suggestions
12 Apollo tells Leontes that
Hermione is innocent

Hermione is guilty

both Hermione is innocent and he will remain without an heir until Perdita is found

he will remain without an heir until Perdita is found
13 Mamillius
dies with worry for his mother

dies, which Leontes interprets as punishment from the gods

flees to Bohemia

both dies with worry for his mother and dies, which Leontes interprets as punishment from the gods
14 When hearing what has happened to Mamillius, Hermione
swoons and then dies

swoons and curses Leontes with death

repents and converts to Christianity

both swoons and then dies and repents and converts to Christianity
15 When tragedy disrupts and ends Hermione's trial, Leontes
flees for Bohemia

repents and realizes that he has been deluded

grows still more paranoid

converts to Christianity
16 Before the trial, Leontes ordered Antigonus to
kill himself

poison Mamillius

take the newborn child and abandon it

poison Hermione
17 Antigonus, to carry out his orders, goes to
the wilds of Bohemia

the apothecary of Mantua

the grave of Hermione

the temple of Apollo
18 During his mission, Antigonus is
visited by Perdita's ghost

eaten by a bear

drowned at sea

struck by the lightning of the gods
19 Perdita is named by
Paulina

Apollo

the ghost of her mother

Leontes
20 Perdita is found by
a Shepherd

a Jailer

Polixenes

a Mariner
21 The Chorus of the play is
Father Time

Jesus

Apollo

the Muses
22 Between Acts 3 and 4,
Polixenes and Leontes make amends, although relations are somewhat chilled

sixteen years pass

Leontes continues to grieve for his wife and child

all of the above
23 In the time that has passed, Camillo
has returned to Leontes

has served at the court of Polixenes

has traveled to Egypt and back

has taken care of Perdita
24 Camillo now longs to
retire in Bohemia, where he has raised his on

return Perdita to her father

return home to Sicilia, to see the land and king he left behind

become the priest of Apollo
25 Rumors abound that Prince Florizel
lusts after his mother

has "found" Jesus

is lovers with Patroclus

is in love with a peasant girl

What losses did Leontes suffer immediately after the trial?

In Act III, scene ii, Leontes remains as stubborn and angry as ever at the trial, attacking and threatening Hermione while she counters him eloquently. An officer breaks the seal on the message from the oracle and reads: Hermione, Polixenes, and...

Asked by 11uedhdbsbsh D #1295093

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/13/2023 9:55 PM