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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at Bristow Castle in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How many characters are in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?

5. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation in Flint Castle between Richard and Aumerle immediately following the one with Northumberland?

2. What is the major revelation of Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Who is sent to meet with Richard inside Flint Castle? What happens?

4. Why is the Duke of York not supportive of Bolingbroke's revolution?

5. Whose well-being is Bolingbroke concerned about after dismissing Bushy and Green to their execution? What does he do to ensure this well-being?

6. What worries the men in Act 2, Scene 4?

7. What are the Duchess and the Duke discussing in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2? What happened in the story?

8. What does Richard announce he will do at the end of Act 2, Scene 1? What do we learn will happen upon his doing so?

9. How does Richard respond immediately after learning of Gaunt's death? Who responds the harshest to this news, and what does he say to Richard?

10. When is it apparent in the play that Richard will be succeeded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who do you think lived by their values the most throughout the story? Who did not? Discuss morality in the characters, and how you think this affected their behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Did Bolingbroke want Richard to be killed? Discuss whether or not you believe Exton, that he wanted Richard executed, and what that changes about Bolingbroke's surface layer of nobility.

Essay Topic 3

Richard's eloquent speeches were a very important aspect of the play. What did these speeches say of Richard's character? What did they add to the play? Did anyone else speak like Richard?

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