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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Eleanor and Henry banter?
(a) His relationship with Alais.
(b) How he let her out of prison for the holidays.
(c) The decorations in the castle.
(d) The dinner that is being served.

2. Of what does Eleanor say she almost won?
(a) A game of chess.
(b) The last rebellion she led against Henry.
(c) A riding tournament.
(d) Her life back.

3. Henry says in the years Eleanor's been in prison he's surprised himself by discovering what?
(a) How much he misses her.
(b) How sick he is of war.
(c) How old she has become.
(d) How sorry he is for locking her up.

4. What else do they banter about?
(a) How poor the crops are this season.
(b) How the peasants are in a uproar over new taxes.
(c) How difficult life is in Eleanor's prison/castle.
(d) How much work needs to be done to the castle.

5. Where does this play place several historical characters, principally King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine?
(a) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering in modern times.
(b) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering at Christmas.
(c) Into the period of their lives prior to their marriage.
(d) Into the period of their marriage after the birth of their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters manipulate each other like what?

2. With what type of woman does Henry say he has always fallen in love?

3. How does Eleanor respond when John asks whether she truly cares about Henry's whereabouts?

4. How does Henry respond when Alais asks when it is safe to believe him?

5. What do the three brothers do, while John hangs holly?

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