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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mowbray die?
(a) Africa.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

2. Whom does Scroop insist sides with Bolingbroke?
(a) "Unstable buffoons."
(b) Boys and old men.
(c) Rejected army soldiers.
(d) None of these is correct.

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

4. 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.

5. Who do York and the Duchess feel pity for in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Queen.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What is the setting of Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Yorkshire Castle.
(c) Pomfret Castle.
(d) Berkley Castle.

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

12. When do thieves and robbers act, according to Richard?
(a) "In the witching hour established by those monsters alone."
(b) "...When the searching eye of heaven is hid."
(c) "...As the tide rises and the moon lurks over."
(d) "After the sun has winked its final glance."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the final line of Act 5, Scene 1?

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

4. Who enters the prison saying "Hail, royal prince"?

5. What type of place will the Queen live after she leaves England?

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