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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. What does Eleanor say she wants to see?
(a) John become king.
(b) Geoffrey become king.
(c) Philip become king.
(d) Richard become king.

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

3. Of what does Eleanor remind Richard?
(a) Of her plot to get him the crown.
(b) Of the love she feels for him.
(c) Of the arts she taught him.
(d) Of the evidence she has against him.

4. Eleanor agrees, but adds a condition. What is that condition?
(a) Henry must find a new lover.
(b) Richard must be king.
(c) Richard and Alais marry right away.
(d) Henry must only love her.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry declares everyone will be what, until they agree John is to be the next king?

2. What does Richard say when Eleanor says she loves him?

3. Where does this play place several historical characters, principally King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine?

4. Alone in her bedchamber, what does Eleanor do?

5. About what does John talk as he leaves?

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