The Winter’s Tale Quizzes

The Winter's Tale Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed September 10, 2000

1 Leontes is king of

Bohemia

Delphos

Sicilia

England
2 Polixenes is king of

Bohemia

Sicilia

England

Delphos
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

former enemies, generals on different sides of a great war

born of the same mother but different fathers

boyhood friends

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

poison Polixenes

poison Perdita

poison Hermione

poison himself
6 Camillo chooses to

disobey Leontes and help Polixenes to escape

disobey Leontes and help Perdita to escape

disobey Leontes and poison himself

disobey Leontes and warn Hermione of danger
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 proto-feminist, intent on change through revolution

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

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 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

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 England, hoping to get the advice of the oracle

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

paranoid, threatening, and self-isolating

just but stern

needy and begging for forgiveness

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

Hermione is guilty

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

Hermione is innocent

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 then dies

swoons and curses Leontes with death
15 When tragedy disrupts and ends Hermione's trial, Leontes

grows still more paranoid

flees for Bohemia

repents and realizes that he has been deluded

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

take the newborn child and abandon it

kill himself

poison Hermione

poison Mamillius
17 Antigonus, to carry out his orders, goes to

the temple of Apollo

the wilds of Bohemia

the grave of Hermione

the apothecary of Mantua
18 During his mission, Antigonus is

struck by the lightning of the gods

visited by Perdita's ghost

drowned at sea

eaten by a bear
19 Perdita is named by

Leontes

Apollo

Paulina

the ghost of her mother
20 Perdita is found by

a Jailer

a Mariner

Polixenes

a Shepherd
21 The Chorus of the play is

Jesus

Apollo

the Muses

Father Time
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 returned to Leontes

has taken care of Perdita

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

retire in Bohemia, where he has raised his on

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

return Perdita to her father

become the priest of Apollo
25 Rumors abound that Prince Florizel

is in love with a peasant girl

is lovers with Patroclus

lusts after his mother

has "found" Jesus

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