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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 can get him the throne and Alais, but that she has to have the Aquitaine back to do it.
(b) She wants nothing to do with him.
(c) She wants no one to inherit the throne.
(d) She wants the throne all to herself.

2. Richard says he is going to do everything in his power to have what?
(a) Both the crown and Alais.
(b) Alais.
(c) His brothers hanged.
(d) The crown.

3. What does Eleanor say will happen if if Alais does not marry Richard?
(a) She will see to it that Henry loses the Vexin.
(b) She will burn the Vexin.
(c) She will purches the Vexin.
(d) She will move to the summer home on the Vexin.

4. 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 marriage after the birth of their children.
(b) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering in modern times.
(c) Into the period of their lives prior to their marriage.
(d) Into the fictionalized context of a family gathering at Christmas.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry say about his enemies who may be smarter or more ruthless or more dishonest than he?

2. What does Alais try on?

3. Of what does Eleanor say she almost won?

4. What does Henry offer Eleanor as they prepare to go in to meet their subjects?

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

(see the answer key)

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