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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. What does Richard give Anne after she doesn't kill him?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A letter.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.

2. Richard claims to hide his villainy behind what kind of behavior?
(a) Humble.
(b) Christian.
(c) Servitude.
(d) Good.

3. How is Clarence murdered?
(a) He is drawn and quartered.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is poisoned.
(d) He is beheaded.

4. Richard tells Edward that his other uncles are what?
(a) False friends.
(b) Treasonous.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Humorless.

5. Who does Anne say killed the physical bodies of Henry and Edward of Wales?
(a) Raliegh.
(b) Richard.
(c) Raley.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the third speaker characterize the queen's brothers in Act II, scene iii?

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

3. What traditionally follows the death of a ruler?

4. What does Stanley dream ripped a helm from his head?

5. Where is Act II, scene iii taking place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clarence hope for out of his death?

2. Why do the citizens on the street worry about the country, now that the king is dead?

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

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

5. Before he dies, what does Grey say about Margaret's curse?

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

7. Why does Catesby think that Hastings and Stanley will not follow Richard?

8. How does Richard get Anne to not be furious with him?

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

10. Why is Richard worried that the Mayor will not meet with him a second time?

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