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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eleanor do when Richard pulls out a dagger and makes as if to kill John?
(a) She screams at him to stop.
(b) She tells him to do it already.
(c) She hands him another, sharper dagger.
(d) She stops him with a poetically written speech.

2. Henry speaks lovingly to Alais, and then as Eleanor watches, what does he do?
(a) He tells Alais to leave.
(b) He turns and kisses Eleanor.
(c) He kisses her passionately.
(d) He tells Alais he was only pretending to love her.

3. What does Richard try to convince Philip to do?
(a) Make an alliance against Eleanor.
(b) Sign a peace treaty.
(c) Make an alliance against his brothers.
(d) Make an alliance against Henry.

4. Why does Henry tell Alais to go to bed?
(a) He and Eleanor need to talk.
(b) He does not want to see her.
(c) He wants to be alone.
(d) He realizes she is tired.

5. Alais says that if Henry truly wants to marry her, what is the price he must pay?
(a) Splitting up his kingdom among his sons.
(b) Locking up his sons.
(c) Killing his sons.
(d) Freeing his sons.

6. Henry pours Eleanor wine, asking her what?
(a) He should do about the kingdom.
(b) Whether it is true that she wants him back.
(c) Will she ever love him.
(d) Why she has come.

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

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

9. What do Geoffrey and John do when Richard is heard offstage?
(a) They climb out the window.
(b) They run out of the room.
(c) They call to him.
(d) They hide behind tapestries as he enters.

10. When Richard says he never writes anyone, what does Philip do?
(a) He agrees that he does not anyone.
(b) He begins to sob.
(c) He changes the subject and asks what kind of deal they could make.
(d) He apologizes.

11. How does Alais respond when he tells the family about the deal he had made with Eleanor?
(a) He is only plotting and is not to be believed.
(b) He has lost his mind.
(c) She is shocked that he would do this to her.
(d) He must be believed.

12. When Geoffrey exits, what does Eleanor turn to Richard and tell him?
(a) To kill his brothers.
(b) To bring Philip to her.
(c) To make an alliance with Philip at any cost.
(d) To find Henry.

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

14. What does Richard say is the only thing he wants from Henry?
(a) His affection.
(b) His crown.
(c) His money.
(d) His head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Philip opens the canopy of the bed, suggesting that Richard do what?

2. As Philip exits, how does Richard refer to Henry?

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

4. Does Henry believe Richard?

5. What does Henry say about his two demands, for Alais' marriage or the return of the Vexin?

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