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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. What does Henry do at dawn the next day?

3. She looks at herself in her mirror and wonders what?

4. John enters, saying he wants to do what?

5. What does Eleanor offer Geoffrey to try on?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

The knives and daggers are important.

Part 1) When do knives and/or daggers appear in this play? Why?

Part 2) How are weapons used as foreshadowing? Why?

Part 3) How do these weapons heighten the emotions of the characters, as well as the sense of drama?

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