View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Richard give Bolingbroke during the first meeting since the beginning of the play?
(a) The throne.
(b) A lashing with his sword.
(c) The literal crown from his head.
(d) The inheritance.

5. What is the final line of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) "Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow."
(b) "In the remembrance of a weeping queen."
(c) "To meet at London London's king in woe."
(d) "Poor queen, so that thy state might be no worse."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who enters the prison saying "Hail, royal prince"?
(a) Servant.
(b) Keeper.
(c) Groom.
(d) Exton.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Villain, I'll make thee safe." Who says this?

4. Which of the following characters is not in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. Who is sent to talk with Richard in Act 3, Scene 3?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 427 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample