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

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

3. Richard says that he will follow Buckingham's directions in the matter of crowning a new king, "like a _______."
(a) Child.
(b) Wife.
(c) Servant.
(d) Friend.

4. Where does Elizabeth flee to with her son?
(a) Oxford Knoll.
(b) Charleston Abbey.
(c) Church of the Hills.
(d) Westminster Abbey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say is the cause of Henry and Edward's deaths?

2. Who do Lovell and Ratcliffe lead away to be executed?

3. Who is Queen in Act I, scene iii?

4. Who says, "Cry woe for this hereafter." before they die?

5. Who is speaking in Act II, scence iii?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richmond's speech to his soldiers show he is interested in?

2. Once the messenger comes and tells Elizabeth and the other women that Grey and Rivers have been arrested, what does Elizabeth see happening?

3. What is surprising about Stanely's announcement that Elizabeth is letting her daughter marry Richmond?

4. After Hastings is arrested, and ordered to be beheaded, what does he say?

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

6. Why is Margaret gloating over Elizabeth's misery?

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

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

9. Why do the others in the room think Margaret is mad, after she curses them all?

10. Why does Richard not blame Margaret for her anger towards him and the others?

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