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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to be executed in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) Aumerle and his accomplices.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Aumerle, his accomplices, and his family.
(d) Aumerle's accomplices.

2. How will Richard handle the situation in Ireland?
(a) He will see how the situation plays out for another month.
(b) He will go there himself.
(c) He will send Green.
(d) He has ordered an army to invade.

3. What is the Duchess of Gloucester's purpose in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She begs Gaunt to act humanely.
(b) She begs Gaunt to avenge her husband's death.
(c) She confesses that she did not love the Duke.
(d) She worries aloud about money.

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

5. What is the final line of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) "Yea, my good lord."
(b) "For do we must what force will have us do."
(c) "Your own is yours and I am yours and all."
(d) "Then I must not say no."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Bolingbroke take Richard after their first confrontation since the beginning of the play?

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

3. What does Bolingbroke question of Bagot when they arrive in London?

4. What is the setting of Act 5, Scene 4?

5. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?

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