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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Richard will rise from his imprisonment and rebel.
(d) God will punish him for participating in Richard's downfall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard respond to Bolingbroke's demands?

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

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

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

5. Who do York and the Duchess feel pity for in Act 5, Scene 2?

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