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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Richard responds with a pointed remark about Henry's being with Alais, of what does Eleanor remind him?
(a) She does not care what Henry does.
(b) Alais is nothing to him.
(c) She raised Alais and cares for her a great deal.
(d) Alais loves him.

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

4. She looks at herself in her mirror and wonders what?
(a) How her king could have left her.
(b) How she had grown so old.
(c) Why she is so alone.
(d) Where the years had gone.

5. How does Henry respond when Alais asks when it is safe to believe him?
(a) It is always safe to believe him, even when he lies.
(b) She can believe him most of the time.
(c) It is only safe to believe him when he tells the truth.
(d) It is never safe to believe him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Eleanor remind Richard?

2. What does Alais tell Henry to do about his sons?

3. Henry speaks lovingly to Alais, and then as Eleanor watches, what does he do?

4. Where does this play place several historical characters, principally King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 6 take place?

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