The Winter’s Tale Quizzes

The Winter's Tale Quiz 1

1 Leontes is king of
Sicilia

Delphos

England

Bohemia
2 Polixenes is king of
Delphos

England

Sicilia

Bohemia
3 Mamillius is
Prince of Delphos, and a foundling

Prince of England, son of Perdita and Florizell

Prince of Bohemia, son of Hermione and Polixenes

Prince of Sicilia, son of Hermione and Leontes
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 Hermione

poison Perdita

poison himself

poison Polixenes
6 Camillo chooses to
disobey Leontes and help Perdita to escape

disobey Leontes and help Polixenes to escape

disobey Leontes and warn Hermione of danger

disobey Leontes and poison himself
7 Leontes accuses Hermione of
plotting with Camillo and Polixenes against him

trying to suffocate their baby

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 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

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
9 Paulina takes the baby from Hermione's cell, hoping to
protect the child from Leontes' jealous rage

protect Hermione from the child, which is possessed

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

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

messengers to the oracle of Apollo

letters to the King of Athens, hoping to start a war against Bohemia
11 Hermione is put on trial. Leontes' interaction with his courtiers before and during this trial could best be described as
paranoid, threatening, and self-isolating

open and honest, with the king receptive to suggestions

needy and begging for forgiveness

just but stern
12 Apollo tells Leontes that
he will remain without an heir until Perdita is found

Hermione is guilty

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

Hermione is innocent
13 Mamillius
dies, which Leontes interprets as punishment from the gods

dies with worry for his mother

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

converts to Christianity

grows still more paranoid

repents and realizes that he has been deluded
16 Before the trial, Leontes ordered Antigonus to
poison Hermione

kill himself

take the newborn child and abandon it

poison Mamillius
17 Antigonus, to carry out his orders, goes to
the grave of Hermione

the temple of Apollo

the apothecary of Mantua

the wilds of Bohemia
18 During his mission, Antigonus is
drowned at sea

visited by Perdita's ghost

eaten by a bear

struck by the lightning of the gods
19 Perdita is named by
the ghost of her mother

Paulina

Leontes

Apollo
20 Perdita is found by
Polixenes

a Mariner

a Jailer

a Shepherd
21 The Chorus of the play is
Father Time

Jesus

the Muses

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

Leontes continues to grieve for his wife and child

sixteen years pass

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

has traveled to Egypt and back

has taken care of Perdita

has served at the court of Polixenes
24 Camillo now longs to
become the priest of Apollo

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

return Perdita to her father

retire in Bohemia, where he has raised his on
25 Rumors abound that Prince Florizel
is in love with a peasant girl

lusts after his mother

is lovers with Patroclus

has "found" Jesus

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