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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the Vexin?
(a) The size of all of France.
(b) Big.
(c) The size of most of Europe.
(d) Small.

2. How does Eleanor then greet Alais?
(a) With silence.
(b) With visible jealousy.
(c) With a shove.
(d) With genuine fondness.

3. 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 wants to kiss him.
(d) She does not want Alais anywhere near him.

4. How does Richard react when Henry reveals that Eleanor has given him the Aquitaine in exchange for freedom?
(a) He is unsure as to what to do.
(b) He is embarrassed that he had trusted his father.
(c) He is surprised that he had fallen into this trap.
(d) He angrily refuses to go through with the ceremony, accusing Eleanor of lying to him and refusing to give her the Aquitaine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he exits, what does Eleanor comment to herself?

2. What promises does Henry make to Eleanor?

3. Henry speaks lovingly to Alais, and then as Eleanor watches, what does he do?

4. After negotiating use of land and horses, why does Richard say he never wrote?

5. Why does Henry not want to argue with Alais?

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