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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 did the young Duke of York say grow slowly according to Richard?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Sweet flowers.
(c) Men.
(d) Honey bees.

2. What does Richard do when he first enters the scene in Act II, scene i?
(a) Apologize for his duplicity.
(b) Apologize for Clarence's death.
(c) Apologize for any offense he may have committed.
(d) Apologize for his desires.

3. What is the name of Hastings' mistress that Richard claims caused his deformation?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Shady.
(c) Bay.
(d) Shore.

4. Catesby thinks the country will not be at peace until who is crowned king?
(a) Buckingham.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Edward.
(d) Richard.

5. Where does Richard send Anne when the funeral is over?
(a) Thames House.
(b) James House.
(c) London House.
(d) Crosby House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard give Anne after she doesn't kill him?

2. Who ordered Clarence's murder?

3. What do the assassins do after they murder Clarence?

4. What is the name of King Henry IV's queen?

5. What is the name of the war that concludes just prior to the play starting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Anne orders that the coffin of her husband be taken to be buried?

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

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

4. What was the dream that Stanley had, and sent a report of, by messenger, to Hastings?

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

6. Why does Stanley tell Christopher that he cannot support Richmond?

7. What is Margaret's curse?

8. What happens to the two men when they go to kill the young princes in the Tower?

9. What is the importance of Clarence speaking with the assassins?

10. Why does Hastings tell Stanley that there is nothing to fear from the councils?

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