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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry confess to Alais?
(a) He will split up his kingdom for each of them.
(b) He does not see himself as having a choice.
(c) He will kill them.
(d) He will not keep his sons trapped.

2. Why does Henry tell Alais to go to bed?
(a) He does not want to see her.
(b) He realizes she is tired.
(c) He wants to be alone.
(d) He and Eleanor need to talk.

3. What does Richard do when he bursts out from behind the canopy?
(a) He tells Philip he hates him.
(b) He insists Philip's love was genuine.
(c) He insists it is all a lie.
(d) He tells his father he is sorry.

4. About what does Henry taunt Philip?
(a) How he is not a very smart man.
(b) How he looks.
(c) How he is in love with Richard.
(d) How he has just given all his plans away.

5. Why is Eleanor glad to hear that Henry cares for Alais?
(a) She is glad he loves someone.
(b) She had been afraid that giving Alais away was not going to hurt.
(c) She wants to be sure Alais is protected.
(d) She does not want him using her.

6. After negotiating use of land and horses, why does Richard say he never wrote?
(a) He does not trust Philip.
(b) He did not think Philip would answer.
(c) He cannot spell.
(d) He did not know what to say.

7. Why does Geoffrey enter?
(a) He is going to sleep.
(b) He is looking for his father.
(c) He is looking for John.
(d) He is looking for Alais.

8. What is Eleanor now able to do?
(a) Protect her property.
(b) Fall back in love with Henry.
(c) Be free of her sons.
(d) Stick her knife in Henry's vulnerable spot, his belief that John loves him.

9. After he exits, what does Eleanor comment to herself?
(a) That she has not lost.
(b) That Henry will lose.
(c) That she has lost.
(d) That Philip will lose.

10. When Alais asks whether she ever really loved Henry, particularly before Rosamund came into his life, how does Eleanor respond?
(a) She cannot remember.
(b) That was a very long time ago and makes jokes about Rosamund's appearance.
(c) She ignores Alais' question.
(d) No, she never loved him.

11. When Henry asks Eleanor what she is thinking, how does she respond?
(a) She does not want Alais anywhere near him.
(b) She wants to see him kiss her.
(c) She wants him to love her.
(d) She wants to kiss him.

12. Alais says that if Henry truly wants to marry her, what is the price he must pay?
(a) Locking up his sons.
(b) Freeing his sons.
(c) Splitting up his kingdom among his sons.
(d) Killing his sons.

13. Henry speaks lovingly to Alais, and then as Eleanor watches, what does he do?
(a) He tells Alais to leave.
(b) He kisses her passionately.
(c) He tells Alais he was only pretending to love her.
(d) He turns and kisses Eleanor.

14. What does Henry do to try to get Alais to obey him?
(a) He bribes her.
(b) He bullies her.
(c) He blackmails her.
(d) He tortures her.

15. Eleanor realizes she now has an advantage, and tells Geoffrey what?
(a) To keep John away from Philip.
(b) To take Philip to John.
(c) To keep John away from Henry.
(d) To take John to Philip.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard says he never writes anyone, what does Philip do?

2. How does Alais respond when he tells the family about the deal he had made with Eleanor?

3. What does Eleanor offer Geoffrey to try on?

4. What does Geoffrey remember about his third birthday?

5. Why does Philip say he proclaimed his love for Richard?

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