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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. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 4?
2. Which of the following is not one of the prophecies alarming the characters of Act 2, Scene 4?
3. Who is Northumberland's son?
4. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?
5. How many lines are in Act 3, Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens immediately preceding the official start of the duel?
2. Who in Act 2, Scene 4 tries to persuade the other to remain waiting for Richard? Why?
3. Describe what happens right before the duel between Mowbray and Bolingbroke is to begin.
4. What happens after Aumerle and his family enter Act 5, Scene 3?
5. What happens at the end of Act 5, Scene 1? What does this say of York?
6. What do we learn has occurred in Northumberland's circle of Percy and the Duke of Worcester in Act 2, Scene 3? How does Percy introduce himself to Bolingbroke?
7. Who is sent to meet with Richard inside Flint Castle? What happens?
8. How is Richard's kingship represented in Act 1, Scene 1?
9. What is the conversation in Flint Castle between Richard and Aumerle immediately following the one with Northumberland?
10. Whose well-being is Bolingbroke concerned about after dismissing Bushy and Green to their execution? What does he do to ensure this well-being?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many acts of compassion throughout the play. Describe some of the most important examples of this of compassion that you witnessed. Discuss the irony of who performed these acts and the situations surrounding them.
Essay Topic 2
The concept of "family" seemed more important to some characters than to others. Describe to whom family was and wasn't important. What were the priorities for the people who found other things to be more important than family?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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