The Winter’s Tale Quizzes

The Winter's Tale Quiz 1

1 Leontes is king of
Sicilia

Bohemia

Delphos

England
2 Polixenes is king of
England

Sicilia

Bohemia

Delphos
3 Mamillius is
Prince of England, son of Perdita and Florizell

Prince of Bohemia, son of Hermione and Polixenes

Prince of Sicilia, son of Hermione and Leontes

Prince of Delphos, and a foundling
4 Leontes and Polixenes were
companions on a great quest for the bow of Artemis

former enemies, generals on different sides of a great war

born of the same mother but different fathers

boyhood friends
5 Leontes orders Camillo to
poison Hermione

poison Perdita

poison himself

poison Polixenes
6 Camillo chooses to
disobey Leontes and warn Hermione of danger

disobey Leontes and help Perdita to escape

disobey Leontes and poison himself

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

having and adulterous affair with Polixenes

trying to suffocate their baby

both plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him and having and adulterous affair with Polixenes
8 Paulina could best be described as
a devout and forgiving woman, following the Christian model of passive and obedient feminine virtue

a strong-willed and outspoken woman who is ultimately loyal to the king and social stability

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

letters to the pope, hoping for his guidance

letters to the King of Athens, hoping to start a war against Bohemia

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
just but stern

open and honest, with the king receptive to suggestions

needy and begging for forgiveness

paranoid, threatening, and self-isolating
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
repents and converts to Christianity

both swoons and then dies and repents and converts to Christianity

swoons and curses Leontes with death

swoons and then dies
15 When tragedy disrupts and ends Hermione's trial, Leontes
converts to Christianity

repents and realizes that he has been deluded

flees for Bohemia

grows still more paranoid
16 Before the trial, Leontes ordered Antigonus to
take the newborn child and abandon it

poison Mamillius

poison Hermione

kill himself
17 Antigonus, to carry out his orders, goes to
the apothecary of Mantua

the temple of Apollo

the grave of Hermione

the wilds of Bohemia
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

Leontes

the ghost of her mother
20 Perdita is found by
a Mariner

Polixenes

a Shepherd

a Jailer
21 The Chorus of the play is
the Muses

Apollo

Father Time

Jesus
22 Between Acts 3 and 4,
Leontes continues to grieve for his wife and child

Polixenes and Leontes make amends, although relations are somewhat chilled

sixteen years pass

all of the above
23 In the time that has passed, Camillo
has traveled to Egypt and back

has served at the court of Polixenes

has returned to Leontes

has taken care of Perdita
24 Camillo now longs to
return Perdita to her father

retire in Bohemia, where he has raised his on

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

become the priest of Apollo
25 Rumors abound that Prince Florizel
has "found" Jesus

lusts after his mother

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