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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. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?

2. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

4. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Gaunt call Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Queen doing in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4? What changes this behavior?

2. Summarize Bushy and Greens' final moments.

3. How is Richard comforted in Act 3, Scene 2?

4. What do Richard and the Queen seem to be more pained by: losing the monarchy or each other? Why?

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

6. How long is Bolingbroke banished for and how does this change? Why? Why is Gaunt still upset?

7. Summarize what Bolingbroke claims to be his cause and intent for invading England. How is this unlikely?

8. Why doesn't Richard trust Bolingbroke's relationship with the people of England?

9. What is Bolingbroke going to do to Bushy and Green in Act 3, Scene 1? What are his reasons for doing so?

10. How does Gaunt try lifting Bolingbroke's spirits? Does it work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The play has been discussed as both a historical and tragic drama. In your opinion, which genre's elements were more relevant by the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

York and Gaunt were very adamant about being loyal to the king, whoever the king may have been. We discussed their traditional beliefs. What were these beliefs specifically, and what did following them so strictly say of their character? Was this strict adherence to these beliefs masking anything underneath? Discuss.

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