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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard say bore the King's initial order about Clarence?
(a) A winged Mercury.
(b) A winged Hermes.
(c) A winged horse.
(d) A winged messenger.

2. Who calls Richard the devil and curses him for killing her husband and son?
(a) Mary.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Jane.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. When Clarence is dead, he sees an unknown person that he killed where?
(a) In Westchester.
(b) In Carbury.
(c) In Oxford.
(d) In Tewkesbury.

4. Who killed Rutland, the Duke of York's son?
(a) Clarence.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Richard.
(d) Anne.

5. What is the name of the war that concludes just prior to the play starting?
(a) War of the Roses.
(b) War of the Straight.
(c) War of the Dukes.
(d) War of 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks God that Rivers, Dorset and Lord Hastings die young?

2. What is the name of one of Richard's brothers?

3. Why does Richard say he cannot be loved?

4. What does the king do after he gets over his initial reaction to Clarence's death?

5. What does Richard do when he first enters the scene in Act II, scene i?

(see the answer key)

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