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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 type of person does Richard want to be?
(a) A malcontent.
(b) A helper.
(c) A religious man.
(d) A villan.

2. Who is Stanley loyal to?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The late King Edward.
(c) Prince Edward.
(d) Hastings.

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

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

5. The woman Richard plans to marry is the widow of whom?
(a) Edward, King of France.
(b) Edward, Prince of Wales.
(c) Edward, Duke of York.
(d) Edward, Earl of Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young Duke of York say grow quickly according to Richard?

2. What is the King's initial reaction when Richard announces that Clarence is dead?

3. Who says that Richard was being more cheerful when Richard is absent from the meeting about Edward's coronation date?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the scrivener think about Richard's actions?

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

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

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

6. Why is Richmond confident that they will beat Richard?

7. Why is the king angry after hearing of Clarence's death?

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

9. How does the third citizen describe the queen's brothers?

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

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