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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does John talk as he leaves?
(a) How he is tired of waiting to learn if he will be king.
(b) How he wishes he could be king.
(c) How Richard will make a poor king.
(d) How he is king again.

2. When Henry asks Eleanor what she is thinking, how does she respond?
(a) She wants him to love her.
(b) She wants to see him kiss her.
(c) She does not want Alais anywhere near him.
(d) She wants to kiss him.

3. As Philip exits, how does Richard refer to Henry?
(a) As a snake.
(b) As a lion.
(c) As a bear.
(d) As an eagle.

4. What is Alais doing as this scene begins?
(a) Knitting by the fire and singing Christmas carols.
(b) Reading a book by the fire.
(c) Sitting by the fire, adding spices to a pot of hot wine and singing a Christmas carol.
(d) Sleeping by the fire.

5. Henry speaks lovingly to Alais, and then as Eleanor watches, what does he do?
(a) He turns and kisses Eleanor.
(b) He tells Alais to leave.
(c) He tells Alais he was only pretending to love her.
(d) He kisses her passionately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry ask Eleanor about the Aquitaine?

2. How does Henry feel about the way the situation played out?

3. Henry tells Alais that he realized what?

4. When Alais asks whether she ever really loved Henry, particularly before Rosamund came into his life, how does Eleanor respond?

5. What does Henry ask Eleanor to give him?

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