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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Villain, I'll make thee safe." Who says this?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Percy.
(c) York.
(d) Bolingbroke.

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

5. How is Richard described to Bolingbroke after the initial meeting in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) "His voice trembles into valleys."
(b) "His eyes quiver as though alien."
(c) "...like a frantic man."
(d) "...like a lost child."

6. What does Exton say he will do in Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Kill Bolingbroke.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Kill Richard.
(d) Kill Aumerle.

7. 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) "Then I must not say no."
(d) "Your own is yours and I am yours and all."

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

9. What is the final line in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) "To ear the land that hath some hope to grow."
(b) "From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day."
(c) "To alter this, for counsel is but vain."
(d) "That bids me be of comfort any more."

10. Where is the Queen being sent from England?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

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

13. Which of the following does York not call his son in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Slave.
(b) Imbecile.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Villain.

14. What does the gardener plant for the Queen?
(a) The herb rue.
(b) Roses.
(c) Carnations.
(d) A weeping willow.

15. Where is the prison in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Berkley Castle.
(c) The Tower of London.
(d) Pomfret Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Richard not doing in Act 5, Scene 5?

2. What Greek god does Richard compare himself to at Berkley Castle?

3. Who is arrested in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. Who of the Duke of York's family enters Windsor Castle first?

5. Who is the last character to speak in Act 3, Scene 2?

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