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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. How does his response to whether he ever loved Eleanor affect her?
(a) She is angry and vows to get revenge.
(b) She says that will make the fight to come more pleasant.
(c) She is surprised at his response.
(d) She is disappointed.

2. What does Alais comment about Eleanor?
(a) She seems shy and uncertain.
(b) She seems kind and loving.
(c) She seems cold and unreachable.
(d) She seems stern and strict.

3. As Henry and Eleanor finish putting up the holly, they banter about whether Henry truly misses whom?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Philip.
(c) Alais.
(d) Rosamund.

4. What promises does Henry make to Eleanor?
(a) He will give her the Vexin.
(b) He will strike back if she strikes at him.
(c) He will love her forever.
(d) He will leave her in peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry respond when Eleanor asks whether he ever loved her?

2. About what does John talk as he leaves?

3. Henry says in the years Eleanor's been in prison he's surprised himself by discovering what?

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

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

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