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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gardener plant for the Queen?

2. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?

3. What is part of the significance of Act 3, Scene 2?

4. Where is Richard to be exiled by Bolingbroke?

5. "Villain, I'll make thee safe." Who says this?

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

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 3

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.

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