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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the situation in England left to according to the three speakers in Act II, scene iii?
2. What is the name of Hastings' mistress that Richard claims caused his deformation?
3. What is the name of one of Richard's brothers?
4. Who asks God that Rivers, Dorset and Lord Hastings die young?
5. What does Richard say is the cause of Henry and Edward's deaths?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Richard want to do with a horse, if he could gain one after his is slain?
2. Why does Stanley tell Christopher that he cannot support Richmond?
3. How does Richard deflect the attention from his misdeeds when he enters the King's room?
4. Why do the citizens on the street worry about the country, now that the king is dead?
5. What does the imagery in Clarence's dream suggest?
6. What happens to the two men when they go to kill the young princes in the Tower?
7. After Hastings refuses to be on Richard's side, who does Richard accuse of using witchcraft against him, and how did they use it?
8. Once the parties in the king's presence have all reconciled themselves with each other, what does the queen suggest?
9. What is the importance of Clarence speaking with the assassins?
10. What does the scrivener think about the people who do not see what Richard is doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relationship between the ruler and the state in this play? How does it change based on who is the ruler? Use specific examples to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is supernatural in the play? Using specific examples from the play, detail the role that the supernatural plays in Richard the III.
Essay Topic 3
What are the three types of irony? How, and to what effect, does Shakespeare use them in this play? Use specific examples to support your answer.
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