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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gaunt's final line?
(a) "Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee."
(b) "Love they to live that love and honour have."
(c) "Words, life and all old Lancaster hath spent."
(d) "Convey me to my bed, then to my grave."

2. Which nation does York refer to as he discusses vanity?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Italy.

3. What does Richard touch and speak to lovingly in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) His newborn child.
(b) The ground.
(c) A dog.
(d) The Queen.

4. What is part of the significance of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Richard has returned from England.
(b) The Queen is pregnant.
(c) Bolingbroke has surrendered.
(d) Richard has become gravely ill.

5. "Hence, villain! Never more come in my sight." Who says this?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) York.
(d) The Duchess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. When do thieves and robbers act, according to Richard?

3. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who announces Gaunt's death?

5. What is Aumerle holding when he enters Act 5, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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