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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buckingham want the queen to do?

2. What quality in Richard is Anne impressed when he promises to oversee Henry's burial?

3. Why does Richard want to create chaos in England?

4. Which two Houses were involved in the recent war?

5. What type of person does Anne think Richard is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Richard deflect the attention from his misdeeds when he enters the King's room?

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

7. In the opening soliloquy, what is Richard's wish?

8. Once the parties in the king's presence have all reconciled themselves with each other, what does the queen suggest?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the mothers in the play? What is their role? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using Margaret, Richard, and the young princes as examples, discuss the importance of how the characters express themselves in words, and what that means for the future.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the text to support your answer, explain how the characters in Richard the III are self-aware.

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