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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Richard and his brothers locked up?
(a) The dungeon.
(b) The wine cellar.
(c) The tower.
(d) The stables.

3. Henry and Eleanor toast each other and talk about what?
(a) Henry's plans for Alais.
(b) Henry's plans after the confrontation in Philip's bedroom.
(c) Eleanor's plans for Henry.
(d) Their plans for each other.

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

5. Of what does Richard remind Philip?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He has not said he loves him.
(c) He cannot stand him.
(d) He wants to break up with him.

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

7. What does Eleanor begin to sing?
(a) Another song.
(b) Her favorite song.
(c) A song she had learned as a child.
(d) The carol Alais was singing at the beginning of the scene.

8. About what does John talk as he leaves?
(a) How Richard will make a poor king.
(b) How he is king again.
(c) How he is tired of waiting to learn if he will be king.
(d) How he wishes he could be king.

9. What happens as Geoffrey and Philip discuss what alliances they could make if Geoffrey were to inherit the throne?
(a) John jumps out from behind a tapestry and accuses Geoffrey of betraying him.
(b) Eleanor arrives and wants to join the alliance.
(c) Richard jumps out from behind the bed and wants to join the alliance.
(d) Henry runs into the room and asks what is going on.

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

11. What does Eleanor do when Richard pulls out a dagger and makes as if to kill John?
(a) She screams at him to stop.
(b) She tells him to do it already.
(c) She hands him another, sharper dagger.
(d) She stops him with a poetically written speech.

12. As Philip exits, how does Richard refer to Henry?
(a) As an eagle.
(b) As a bear.
(c) As a lion.
(d) As a snake.

13. 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.

14. What does Eleanor offer Henry because she is tired?
(a) To sign anything he wants.
(b) To leave him in peace.
(c) To return to the prison.
(d) To leave the kingdom.

15. What does Henry tell Alais?
(a) He is sending her to Rome.
(b) She is marrying Richard.
(c) He is leaving for Rome.
(d) They are leaving for Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Eleanor glad to hear that Henry cares for Alais?

3. What does Henry say about Philip's plan to let the princes fight Henry instead of doing it himself?

4. Richard enters, complaining about what?

5. Why has Henry come?

(see the answer keys)

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