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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 long is Mowbray banished from England?

2. What are the prophecies discussed in Act 2, Scene 4 supposed to forewarn?

3. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?

5. How does York regard Bolingbroke's acting against the king?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens at the end of Act 5, Scene 1? What does this say of York?

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

6. How does Bolingbroke handle the murder of Richard?

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

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

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

10. How is Richard's kingship represented in Act 1, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The previous question deals with tracking the audiences' distrust with Richard. However, the play is written so you lose trust for Richard but then begin to sympathize with him again. How does this begin to happen? By the end of the play, what emotions were associated with Richard? What was more profound, your dislike of him in the beginning or your regret for his loss at the end?

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

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?

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