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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the final line of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) "Once more adieu, the rest let sorrow say."
(b) "We make woe wanton with this fond delay."
(c) "One kiss shall stop our mouths, and dumbly part."
(d) "That I may strive to kill it with a groan."

3. Who speaks first in Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Exton.
(b) Maid.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) Servant.

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

5. What does Bolingbroke question of Bagot when they arrive in London?
(a) All of the above.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Richard's whereabouts.
(d) Gloucester's death.

6. Who is arrested in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Percy.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Carlisle.
(d) Fitzwater.

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

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

9. Who does Exton quote as saying "Have I no friend?"
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Aumerle.
(d) Richard.

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

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

12. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?
(a) Mold and rust.
(b) Rats and diseases.
(c) Spiders and toads.
(d) Snakes and roaches.

13. Other than Richard and the Queen, who else speaks in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) York.

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

15. Who is the focus of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) York.
(b) Richard.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) The Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 3?

2. Whom does Bagot accuse in Act 4, Scene 1?

3. Where is the setting of Act 5, Scene 2?

4. Where is Richard to be exiled by Bolingbroke?

5. What does Richard give Bolingbroke during the first meeting since the beginning of the play?

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