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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The characters manipulate each other like what?
(a) Each other's pets.
(b) Puppets on a string.
(c) Pieces on a chessboard.
(d) Inhuman robots.

2. Geoffrey enters and tries to convince John to do what?
(a) Kill Henry.
(b) Leave.
(c) Trust him.
(d) Take the throne by force.

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 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.

4. Why does Henry not want to argue with Alais?
(a) He has enough enemies as it is.
(b) She is not of enough importance to him.
(c) He is tired of arguing with her.
(d) He is through with her.

5. What does Alais tell Henry about what John thinks?
(a) John thinks Henry does not like Richard.
(b) John thinks Henry meant what he said about Richard.
(c) John thinks that he has done something to upset Henry.
(d) John thinks Henry is losing his mind.

6. What does Richard say when Eleanor says she loves him?
(a) She is incapable of love.
(b) She has always loved him.
(c) She no longer loves him.
(d) She loves only Henry.

7. How does Henry think Eleanor sees the Aquitaine?
(a) As a place she would like to be.
(b) As a piece of property.
(c) As her home.
(d) As a way to torture him.

8. Of what does Eleanor remind Richard?
(a) Of the evidence she has against him.
(b) Of the arts she taught him.
(c) Of her plot to get him the crown.
(d) Of the love she feels for him.

9. What does Alais say she knows Henry will do, if he has to?
(a) Exile her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Marry her.

10. What do the three brothers do, while John hangs holly?
(a) They sing Christmas carols.
(b) They are silent.
(c) 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.
(d) They dance.

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

12. What does Geoffrey tell John?
(a) He is leaving the kingdom.
(b) Why no one seems to like him.
(c) What he said in Eleanor's chamber to convince the others to trust him.
(d) He has never liked him.

13. About what is Eleanor determined?
(a) Richard will be king.
(b) Alais will be queen.
(c) John will be king.
(d) Geoffrey will be king.

14. For how long has Henry kept Eleanor imprisoned?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry suggest that the family start doing?

2. What does Geoffrey say when John continues to hesitate?

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

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

5. What does Eleanor say she wants to see?

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