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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alais try on?
(a) A small crown.
(b) A gown.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A new cloak.

2. Why does Henry ask Alais to stay?
(a) Seeing them together upsets Eleanor.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He does not trust her.
(d) He does not want her to be alone.

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

4. What does Geoffrey say when John continues to hesitate?
(a) He reminds him that it is either Richard on the throne or him.
(b) He reminds him that he owes him.
(c) He asks him if he is feeling alright.
(d) He asks him why he is waiting.

5. Eleanor comments that she does not much like ___________, except for Alais.
(a) Maids.
(b) Her husband's mistresses.
(c) Girls.
(d) Her children.

6. As he starts to go, John asks Geoffrey to go with him, but Geoffrey stays. Why does he stay?
(a) Since John is no longer the favorite, he has no interest in serving him.
(b) Since John is the favorite, he wants nothing to do with him.
(c) He wants to spend more time with his mother.
(d) He no longer trusts John, now that he is to have the crown.

7. What is Eleanor's response when Alais asks her what she said to convince him?
(a) She told him she loved him.
(b) Because she has nothing to lose, she is more dangerous than any of them.
(c) She blackmailed him, as usual.
(d) She did nothing to convince him.

8. How big is the Vexin?
(a) Big.
(b) The size of most of Europe.
(c) Small.
(d) The size of all of France.

9. What do the three brothers do, while John hangs holly?
(a) They sing Christmas carols.
(b) They talk about how Eleanor arrived that morning, how she and Richard aren't as close as they once were, and how John is Henry's favorite but how Richard is determined to be king.
(c) They dance.
(d) They are silent.

10. Henry refers to an ancient British king named ____________, whom he describes as having carved his kingdom up to give to his children, something he says he'll never do.
(a) Lear.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Midas.
(d) Tut.

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

12. How does Eleanor then greet Alais?
(a) With visible jealousy.
(b) With silence.
(c) With a shove.
(d) With genuine fondness.

13. As Henry and Eleanor finish putting up the holly, they banter about whether Henry truly misses whom?
(a) Philip.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Rosamund.
(d) Alais.

14. Geoffrey says he and John can work together freely, adding that they have got to make an alliance with whom?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Philip.
(c) Henry.
(d) Richard.

15. How does Henry respond when Eleanor asks him a question regarding the Vexin?
(a) It is quite beautiful.
(b) It is of no use to him.
(c) It is essential.
(d) It is trivial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is this scene set?

2. What does Geoffrey say he wants to watch?

3. Why does Henry not want to argue with Alais?

4. What will Henry's plans do for Alais, as well as make John king and Richard powerless?

5. What does Philip demand?

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