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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(b) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.
(c) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.
(d) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.

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

4. Where will the Queen go after learning of her husband's defeat?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Brighton.
(c) London.
(d) Flint Castle.

5. Which of the following is Richard not doing in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Talking to himself.
(b) Imagining being outside.
(c) Singing.
(d) Planning escape.

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

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

8. Who does Bolingbroke question the status of in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) Richard's wife.
(b) Bagot.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

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

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

11. Who is the first to speak in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Richard.
(d) Northumberland.

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

13. 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) Painting.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Singing.

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

15. How large was the Welsh army?
(a) 16,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 12,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Richard touch and speak to lovingly in Act 3, Scene 2?

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