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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Henry asks Eleanor what she is thinking, how does she respond?

3. Of what does Richard remind Philip?

4. After he exits, what does Eleanor comment to herself?

5. What does Philip say about his marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chess is used as a metaphor.

Part 1) How is it used as a metaphor? Why?

Part 2) What does this metaphor reveal about each character?

Part 3) When is chess used as a metaphor? Why is it used during those specific scenes?

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

Eleanor seems reluctant to kill.

Part 1) How is this known? How does this compare to Henry?

Part 2) Why might these characters be reluctant to kill?

Part 3) How is Henry's sword ironic and, like Eleanor's daggers, symbolic?

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