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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard warn the third speaker of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke will betray him too.
(b) Richard will rise from his imprisonment and rebel.
(c) Bolingbroke will lead England to collapse.
(d) God will punish him for participating in Richard's downfall.

2. Who claims they heard Aumerle bragging about murdering?
(a) Carlisle.
(b) Percy.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) Fitzwater.

3. Who is the first to speak in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Richard.
(d) Northumberland.

4. How does Richard refer to the imaginary person he is speaking to in line 55?
(a) Sir.
(b) Clamorous groans.
(c) Jack o' the clock.
(d) None is correct.

5. How does Richard respond to Bolingbroke's demands?
(a) He pulls out his sword.
(b) He says he would rather die than allow Bolingbroke in England.
(c) He cries.
(d) He accepts.

6. Who is the last character to speak in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) York.
(c) Aumerle.
(d) The Duchess.

7. Who is the last character to speak in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Carlisle.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Richard.
(d) Salisbury.

8. Which of the following is not a suggestion of one of the Queen's ladies for an activity to comfort the Queen?
(a) Singing.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Painting.
(d) Dancing.

9. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(b) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.
(c) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.
(d) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.

10. Where is the setting of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) A garden.
(b) A court yard.
(c) An outdoor labyrinth.
(d) A lake.

11. What object does Richard break in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) A vase.
(b) A window.
(c) The royal crown.
(d) A mirror.

12. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Berkley Castle.
(c) Alexandra Palace.
(d) Flint Castle.

13. What type of place will the Queen live after she leaves England?
(a) A house Bolingbroke has bought for her.
(b) A school for privileged girls.
(c) The French royal family's summer estate.
(d) A convent.

14. Who of the Duke of York's family enters Windsor Castle first?
(a) The Duke.
(b) They all enter together.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) Aumerle.

15. Who is sent to talk with Richard in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) An attendant.
(b) York.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Percy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?

2. What does Richard hear that interrupts his speech in Act 5, Scene 5?

3. Who is to be executed in Act 5, Scene 3?

4. What does Richard touch and speak to lovingly in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What word does Bolingbroke use to refer to the person he is looking for in Act 5, Scene 3?

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