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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Geoffrey tell Richard to let Eleanor go?
(a) She is their mother.
(b) She has done nothing wrong.
(c) If she did warn him, all her sons would be executed for treason, and she doesn't want that.
(d) She will help them fight their father.

2. Geoffrey enters, saying that Richard is in a _________.
(a) Room down the hall.
(b) Worried state.
(c) Rage.
(d) Good mood.

3. What does John do as Henry enters?
(a) He yells at him.
(b) He hurriedly covers up the tray of daggers.
(c) He grabs a dagger.
(d) He runs to him.

4. Where does the first scene take place?
(a) The Great Hall.
(b) Eleanor's bedchamber.
(c) Alais' bedchamber.
(d) Henry's bedchamber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry say history will call him?

2. Eleanor pulls out a small knife and begins to do what with it?

3. What does Alais think Henry likes to do with her?

4. For what has Eleanor come?

5. How does Henry respond when Alais suggests that he adored Eleanor?

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