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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Richard and his brothers locked up?
(a) The wine cellar.
(b) The stables.
(c) The tower.
(d) The dungeon.

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

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

5. What does Alais ask Henry as he goes to leave?
(a) Whether he is going to let his sons out or lock them in.
(b) When they leave for Rome.
(c) Where he is going.
(d) If he will come back for her.

6. What does Alais tell Henry about what he had just done?
(a) He scared her, because she wants to marry John.
(b) He cannot play with other people's feelings the way he played with hers.
(c) He excited her, because she was hoping to marry Richard.
(d) He shocked her, because she never thought she had a chance of marrying into the family.

7. What does Henry suddenly realize?
(a) Alais is wrong.
(b) He does not like Alais.
(c) Alais is right.
(d) He does not like his sons.

8. About what do Henry and Eleanor tease each other?
(a) How old they have become.
(b) How silly the whole situation is.
(c) How selfish their children are.
(d) How scared they were and what happens next.

9. What does Henry ask Eleanor about the Aquitaine?
(a) When she would like to go there.
(b) Where it is located.
(c) Whether she has gotten it back from Richard.
(d) Whether he can purchase it from her.

10. After negotiating use of land and horses, why does Richard say he never wrote?
(a) He did not know what to say.
(b) He did not think Philip would answer.
(c) He cannot spell.
(d) He does not trust Philip.

11. What does Eleanor say to Alais?
(a) She does not want to talk about Henry behind his back.
(b) Tthey can talk behind Henry's back, briefly recounting what happened in Philip's bedroom.
(c) She does not like Alais.
(d) They should not be seen together.

12. What does Geoffrey remember about his third birthday?
(a) The pony his parents had bought for him.
(b) All of his friends who had come to celebrate.
(c) How loving his parents had been when he was younger.
(d) Who was doing what to whom and feeling nothing but indifference from his parents.

13. What does Henry convince Alais?
(a) He wants to marry her.
(b) There is nothing Eleanor or Richard can do to stop them.
(c) He no longer loves her.
(d) They will enjoy Rome.

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

15. What is Eleanor now able to do?
(a) Stick her knife in Henry's vulnerable spot, his belief that John loves him.
(b) Protect her property.
(c) Be free of her sons.
(d) Fall back in love with Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does this make no difference to Eleanor?

2. What does Henry say about Philip's plan to let the princes fight Henry instead of doing it himself?

3. What does Henry do to try to get Alais to obey him?

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

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

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