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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eleanor reply when Richard asks again what she wants?
(a) She wants the throne all to herself.
(b) She wants no one to inherit the throne.
(c) She wants nothing to do with him.
(d) She can get him the throne and Alais, but that she has to have the Aquitaine back to do it.

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

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

4. What does Henry say about his enemies who may be smarter or more ruthless or more dishonest than he?
(a) He will still beat them all and have his way.
(b) They will one day beat him.
(c) He will hopefully destroy some of them.
(d) There is only one he wishes to defeat.

5. As Alais exits, what does John wonder aloud?
(a) Why everybody hates him.
(b) Why no one knows Philip.
(c) Why everybody loves Geoffrey.
(d) Why everybody hates Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is the Vexin?

2. What does Alais try on?

3. What does Geoffrey say he wants to watch?

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

5. What does Henry ask Eleanor to give him?

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