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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to Hastings with a message from Stanley at 4 o'clock in the morning?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A page.
(c) A messenger.
(d) A nobleman.

2. Where does Richard advise Edward to stay until his coronation?
(a) James House.
(b) Tower of London.
(c) Wales Residence.
(d) In the palace.

3. What does Stanley dream ripped a helm from his head?
(a) A bear.
(b) A boar.
(c) A deer.
(d) A stag.

4. What was the king's order to kill Clarence a result of?
(a) His fear of his brother.
(b) His fear or losing power.
(c) His fear of infighting.
(d) His fear of another war.

5. Which two Houses were involved in the recent war?
(a) Oxford and Shire.
(b) Lancaster and Oxford.
(c) York and Oxford.
(d) York and Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the third speaker characterize the queen's brothers in Act II, scene iii?

2. What do the people think of Margaret when she calls Richard a villain?

3. Where does Stanley suggest that he and Hastings flee to?

4. What type of person does Anne think Richard is?

5. Where does King Edward think he will go when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Margaret's curse?

2. Once the messenger comes and tells Elizabeth and the other women that Grey and Rivers have been arrested, what does Elizabeth see happening?

3. What is the importance of Clarence speaking with the assassins?

4. Why do the citizens on the street worry about the country, now that the king is dead?

5. What happens at the end of the dream Clarence has while he is in prison?

6. How do the children know that the Duchess of York is lying to them?

7. Why does Richard want to spread a rumor about Anne's health?

8. Why do the others in the room think Margaret is mad, after she curses them all?

9. How does Richard get Anne to not be furious with him?

10. Why does the Mayor end up begging for Richard to become king?

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