As I promised earlier, we will be reading another passage from the book More Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams 
. I have attached the PDF version of the text and also the previous parts of the tale for the people who have not had the chance to read them. Please answer the questions based on what is stated or implied in the passage. I have made all the questions myself. /0
. I have attached the PDF version of the text and also the previous parts of the tale for the people who have not had the chance to read them. Please answer the questions based on what is stated or implied in the passage. I have made all the questions myself. /0The escape of Polixenes made the jealous Leontes even more
angry. He went to the queen's rooms, where her little son
Mamillius was just beginning to tell his mother one of his best
stories to amuse her. Taking the child away, the king sent
Hermione to prison./0
Though Mamillius was only a very young child, he loved his
mother dearly. When he saw her treated so badly and realized that
she had been taken away from him, he became very unhappy.
Gradually he lost his desire to eat and sleep, until it was thought
that his sadness would kill him.
When the king had sent his queen to prison, he commanded
Cleomenes and Dion, two Sicilian lords, to go to Delphos and
ask the oracle at the temple of Apollo if his queen had been
unfaithful to him./0
After Hermione had been in prison for a short time, she gave
birth to a daughter. The poor lady was comforted by the sight of
her pretty baby, and she said to it: "My poor little prisoner, I have
done as little wrong as you have."/0
Hermione had a kind friend, Paulina, who was the wife of
Antigonus, another Sicilian lord. When Paulina heard that the
queen had given birth to a child, she went to the prison where
Hermione was kept and said to Emilia, a lady who served
Hermione,'I pray you, Emilia, tell the good queen that if she will
trust me with her baby, I will carry it to the king, its father. His
heart may soften when he sees his little child.'/0
'My lady,' replied Emilia, 'I will tell the queen of your offer.
She was wishing today that she had a friend who would dare to
show the child to the king.'/0
'And tell her,' said Paulina, 'that I will speak to Leontes in her
defense.'/0
'May God reward you,' said Emilia, 'for your kindness to our
gentle queen!'/0
Emilia then went to Hermione, who joyfully gave her baby
into Paulina's care./0
Paulina took the child and forced her way into the presence
of the king, although her husband, Antigonus, who feared the
king's anger, tried to prevent her. She laid the baby at its father's
feet, and made a noble speech to the king in defense of
Hermione. She criticized him for his cruelty and begged him to
have pity on his wife and child, who had done no wrong. But
Paulina's words only increased Leontes' anger, and he ordered
Antigonus to take her away./0
When Paulina went away, she left the little baby at its father's
feet. She thought that when he was alone with it, he would look
at it and feel pity for it./0
The good Paulina was wrong. As soon as she left, the cruel
father ordered Antigonus to take the child out to sea and leave it
on some empty shore to die./0
a. The word ‘him’ in line 8 refers to
I. Leontes
II. Polixenes
III.Mamillius
IV. Antigonus
b. The word ‘poor’ in line 16 is closest in meaning to
I. pathetic
II. weak
III. indigent
IV. indigenous
c. Did Antigonus approve of his wife taking Mamillius to the presence of the king? Why?/0
d. The word ‘she’ in line 23 refers to
I. Paulina
II. Hermione
III. Hermione’s daughter
IV. Emilia
e. Why did Leontes send Hermione to prison?/0
f. Do you think Leontes was sure about the unfaithfulness of his wife? Explain./0
g. In your opinion and given what has happened so far in this tale, why did Leontes decide to kill Mamillius?/0
angry. He went to the queen's rooms, where her little son
Mamillius was just beginning to tell his mother one of his best
stories to amuse her. Taking the child away, the king sent
Hermione to prison./0
Though Mamillius was only a very young child, he loved his
mother dearly. When he saw her treated so badly and realized that
she had been taken away from him, he became very unhappy.
Gradually he lost his desire to eat and sleep, until it was thought
that his sadness would kill him.
When the king had sent his queen to prison, he commanded
Cleomenes and Dion, two Sicilian lords, to go to Delphos and
ask the oracle at the temple of Apollo if his queen had been
unfaithful to him./0
After Hermione had been in prison for a short time, she gave
birth to a daughter. The poor lady was comforted by the sight of
her pretty baby, and she said to it: "My poor little prisoner, I have
done as little wrong as you have."/0
Hermione had a kind friend, Paulina, who was the wife of
Antigonus, another Sicilian lord. When Paulina heard that the
queen had given birth to a child, she went to the prison where
Hermione was kept and said to Emilia, a lady who served
Hermione,'I pray you, Emilia, tell the good queen that if she will
trust me with her baby, I will carry it to the king, its father. His
heart may soften when he sees his little child.'/0
'My lady,' replied Emilia, 'I will tell the queen of your offer.
She was wishing today that she had a friend who would dare to
show the child to the king.'/0
'And tell her,' said Paulina, 'that I will speak to Leontes in her
defense.'/0
'May God reward you,' said Emilia, 'for your kindness to our
gentle queen!'/0
Emilia then went to Hermione, who joyfully gave her baby
into Paulina's care./0
Paulina took the child and forced her way into the presence
of the king, although her husband, Antigonus, who feared the
king's anger, tried to prevent her. She laid the baby at its father's
feet, and made a noble speech to the king in defense of
Hermione. She criticized him for his cruelty and begged him to
have pity on his wife and child, who had done no wrong. But
Paulina's words only increased Leontes' anger, and he ordered
Antigonus to take her away./0
When Paulina went away, she left the little baby at its father's
feet. She thought that when he was alone with it, he would look
at it and feel pity for it./0
The good Paulina was wrong. As soon as she left, the cruel
father ordered Antigonus to take the child out to sea and leave it
on some empty shore to die./0
a. The word ‘him’ in line 8 refers to
I. Leontes
II. Polixenes
III.Mamillius
IV. Antigonus
b. The word ‘poor’ in line 16 is closest in meaning to
I. pathetic
II. weak
III. indigent
IV. indigenous
c. Did Antigonus approve of his wife taking Mamillius to the presence of the king? Why?/0
d. The word ‘she’ in line 23 refers to
I. Paulina
II. Hermione
III. Hermione’s daughter
IV. Emilia
e. Why did Leontes send Hermione to prison?/0
f. Do you think Leontes was sure about the unfaithfulness of his wife? Explain./0
g. In your opinion and given what has happened so far in this tale, why did Leontes decide to kill Mamillius?/0
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