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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 3, Scene 2?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Carlisle.
(c) Richard.
(d) Aumerle.

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

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

4. Who is inside the castle in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Richard.
(c) Richard and Bolingbroke.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

8. Which of the following characters is not in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Carlisle.
(c) Scroop.
(d) Aumerle.

9. What is Richard's initial reaction upon discussing Bushy and Green after his departure from Ireland?
(a) He sends their wives money.
(b) He curses them.
(c) He mourns after their deaths.
(d) He applauds their bravery.

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

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

12. Who informs Richard that Bushy and Green are dead?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Scroop.
(c) Aumerle.
(d) Hereford.

13. What is the last line of Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) Uncle, farewell, and cousin too adieu.
(b) Come, my old son. I pray God make thee new.
(c) With all the rest of that consorted crew.
(d) Your mother well hath pray'd, and prove you true.

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

15. Whom does Bagot accuse in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Richard.
(c) Green.
(d) Mowbray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Richard?

2. Who does Exton quote as saying "Have I no friend?"

3. Where is the prison in Act 5, Scene 5?

4. Which of the following does York not call his son in Act 5, Scene 2?

5. What is the final line in Act 3, Scene 2?

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