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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 ask Henry, regarding the Vexin?
(a) How much he is willing to pay for it.
(b) How truly important it is to him.
(c) How large it is.
(d) Where it is located.

2. What does Eleanor begin to sing?
(a) Her favorite song.
(b) Another song.
(c) The carol Alais was singing at the beginning of the scene.
(d) A song she had learned as a child.

3. Why did Eleanor hate Rosamund?
(a) She taunted Eleanor.
(b) She took her place at Henry's side.
(c) She was an evil woman.
(d) She was more beautiful than Eleanor.

4. What does Henry say about his two demands, for Alais' marriage or the return of the Vexin?
(a) The Vexin will happen now.
(b) Neither will happen now.
(c) Alais' marriage will happen now.
(d) They may both happen now.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what has Eleanor come?

2. How does Alais respond when he tells the family about the deal he had made with Eleanor?

3. Why does Henry tell Alais to go to bed?

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

5. What does Henry ask Eleanor to give him?

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