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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Grey, Rivers and Vaughan brought to be put to death?
(a) Popay Castle.
(b) Pomfret Castle.
(c) Poppy Castle.
(d) Pomagranate Castle.

2. Who says, "Cry woe for this hereafter." before they die?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Grey.
(c) Edward.
(d) Vaughan.

3. How does the third speaker characterize the queen's brothers in Act II, scene iii?
(a) Christian and humble.
(b) Haughty and proud.
(c) Obnoxious and spoiled.
(d) Accomplished and virtuous.

4. Which two Houses were involved in the recent war?
(a) Oxford and Shire.
(b) York and Lancaster.
(c) York and Oxford.
(d) Lancaster and Oxford.

5. Who does Richard accuse of having Lord Hastings imprisoned?
(a) Buckingham.
(b) Hastings.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many councils do Stanley and Hastings believe will be held?

2. Who orders the arrest of Grey and his companion?

3. Why does King Edward want Richard, Lord Hastings, and Elizabeth's brothers to make peace?

4. What relationship is King Henry IV to Edward of Wales?

5. Who is sent to bring Edward's mother and son to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Buckingham fall out of favor with Richard?

2. What do Richard and Buckingham tell the Mayor when they meet him for the first time at the Tower?

3. What does the imagery in Clarence's dream suggest?

4. What story does Richard want Buckingham to tell the people about Edward's sons and Edward?

5. What does Richmond say his reign as king will accomplish?

6. How do the king's actions show that he knows the destructiveness of in fighting?

7. What does Richmond do for Richard's soldiers?

8. How does Richard try and lift his men's spirits at Bosworth's field?

9. What does the scrivener think about the people who do not see what Richard is doing?

10. What does Richard's famous line "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" show?

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