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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Henry remind Eleanor?
(a) How much it costs to have repairs done.
(b) How much water there had been this summer.
(c) How many rebellions she has led against him.
(d) How poor the peasants already are.

2. Where does this play place several historical characters, principally King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine?
(a) Into the period of their marriage after the birth of their children.
(b) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering at Christmas.
(c) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering in modern times.
(d) Into the period of their lives prior to their marriage.

3. As they exit, on what does Henry comment?
(a) How much she still loves him.
(b) How little has changed between them.
(c) How he can still see love in Eleanor's smile.
(d) How beautiful she still is.

4. What does Henry think about his kingdom?
(a) How pleasant it is to live in a peaceful kingdom.
(b) How lonely it has been without her.
(c) How much it has changed since she has been gone.
(d) How much it needs her touch.

5. What does Eleanor say will happen if if Alais does not marry Richard?
(a) She will move to the summer home on the Vexin.
(b) She will see to it that Henry loses the Vexin.
(c) She will purches the Vexin.
(d) She will burn the Vexin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry tell her when he sees her put this on?

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

3. What does Henry suggest that the family start doing?

4. As Henry and Eleanor finish putting up the holly, they banter about whether Henry truly misses whom?

5. Henry refers to an ancient British king named ____________, whom he describes as having carved his kingdom up to give to his children, something he says he'll never do.

(see the answer key)

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