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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Let's fight with gentle words"?
(a) Northumberland.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) Richard.

2. Where is the setting of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) A court yard.
(b) A lake.
(c) An outdoor labyrinth.
(d) A garden.

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

4. What does Richard hear that interrupts his speech in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Horses.
(b) Music.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Laughter.

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

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

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

8. What is part of the significance of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Bolingbroke has surrendered.
(b) The Queen is pregnant.
(c) Richard has become gravely ill.
(d) Richard has returned from England.

9. Who of the Duke of York's family enters Windsor Castle first?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) The Duke.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) They all enter together.

10. What word does Bolingbroke use to refer to the person he is looking for in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) Valiant.
(b) Doughty.
(c) Gallant.
(d) Mettlesome.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. Where is the setting of Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Aumerle's house.
(b) Berkley Castle.
(c) A garden.
(d) The Duke of York's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Hence, villain! Never more come in my sight." Who says this?

3. What does Richard warn the third speaker of Act 5, Scene 1?

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

5. What object does Richard break in Act 4, Scene 1?

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