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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. What does Eleanor ask Henry, regarding the Vexin?
(a) How large it is.
(b) How truly important it is to him.
(c) How much he is willing to pay for it.
(d) Where it is located.

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

3. What does Alais say she knows Henry will do, if he has to?
(a) Exile her.
(b) Leave her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Kill her.

4. Henry says in the years Eleanor's been in prison he's surprised himself by discovering what?
(a) How old she has become.
(b) How sick he is of war.
(c) How sorry he is for locking her up.
(d) How much he misses her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Henry suggest Philip wait?

2. To whom does Henry say Alais matters?

3. What does Henry say about his enemies who may be smarter or more ruthless or more dishonest than he?

4. Henry brings up Rosamund, which in turn, leads Eleanor to do what?

5. What happens as the brothers bicker?

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