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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 is the given name of the Duke of Clarence?

2. What do the characters do with Margaret's warnings?

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

4. Who calls Richard the devil and curses him for killing her husband and son?

5. Who asks God that Rivers, Dorset and Lord Hastings die young?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Mayor end up begging for Richard to become king?

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

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

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

5. How is Edward's punishment of Clarence his own doing, and not Richard's fault?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What are the motivations of Richard and Richmond? How are their motivations similar or different? How do they translate into action? Support your answer with examples from the play.

Essay Topic 3

What makes a weak or strong character? Which type of character is Lady Anne? Cite examples from the play to support your answer.

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