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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the three brothers do, while John hangs holly?

2. What does Henry say he has to get for John?

3. What does Henry wonder about everybody?

4. How does John respond when Henry asks John whether he has seen Philip?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place between Eleanor and Richard?

2. How does Eleanor respond when John asks if she truly cares?

3. What does Eleanor say about her feelings towards Rosamund?

4. About what do Eleanor and Henry banter?

5. What do the brothers do at the beginning of the scene?

6. What takes place between Alais and Henry at dawn?

7. What does Eleanor bring to her sons?

8. How is it learned that there is a romance between Philip and Richard?

9. Why is Philip there?

10. What does Philip tell Richard to do, when they hear Henry calling for Philip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Act 2, Scene 3 is a climactic scene.

Part 1) Describe this scene. How is this scene climactic?

Part 2) What symbol reappears here? What is the significance of this symbol?

Part 3) What does this scene reveal about all of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

All the characters and many of the circumstances of this play are matters of historical record.

Part 1) Describe these characters. Why might the author use real people?

Part 2) What circumstances might be real? How do you know this?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose for putting real characters into both real and fictional circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

The dialogue is important.

Part 1) Describe the dialogue.

Part 2) Is the dialogue engaging? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is important about the dialogue? Why is this important?

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