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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 Alais say Eleanor sees when she looks at Henry?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The king.
(c) A kind man.
(d) Cities and coastlines and taxes.

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

3. What is Alais doing as this scene begins?
(a) Sleeping by the fire.
(b) Knitting by the fire and singing Christmas carols.
(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.

4. Henry and Eleanor toast each other and talk about what?
(a) Eleanor's plans for Henry.
(b) Their plans for each other.
(c) Henry's plans after the confrontation in Philip's bedroom.
(d) Henry's plans for Alais.

5. When Alais asks whether she ever really loved Henry, particularly before Rosamund came into his life, how does Eleanor respond?
(a) She ignores Alais' question.
(b) No, she never loved him.
(c) She cannot remember.
(d) That was a very long time ago and makes jokes about Rosamund's appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Henry asks Eleanor what she is thinking, how does she respond?

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

3. What does Henry say that he will give Eleanor if she gives him the Aquitaine?

4. How does Henry respond when Eleanor asks him a question regarding the Vexin?

5. How does his response to whether he ever loved Eleanor affect her?

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