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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the orders given by Olivier?
(a) Peasants are all to rise up and rebel, and merchants are to be chained to the farmer's plows.
(b) The rebels are to destroy the castle.
(c) The peasants are to be imprisioned and executed.
(d) The nobles are to be set free.

2. Ignatius says everything the King is and has ever been is nothing but what?
(a) Greed.
(b) Ugliness.
(c) A waste.
(d) Vanity.

3. The King reminds him that everything he did to his son, Sigismund, he did on who's advice?
(a) His wife's.
(b) Ignatius'.
(c) The prophecy's.
(d) Julian's.

4. As the Man and the Recruit continue to speak in poetic language about signs of approaching violence, what does Olivier do?
(a) He calls to the Prisoner.
(b) He goes to his rooms.
(c) He listens in on the conversation.
(d) He grabs a weapon and prepares to beat the Prisoner into silence.

5. Why does Anton try to force Sigismund's feet into his boots?
(a) He believes they have to escape.
(b) The ground is cold.
(c) He is trying to put the royal garments on Sigismund.
(d) He does not want the Messenger to steal the boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Children's King?

2. What happens when Sigismund says, "Father, into thy hands? "

3. The King talks at length about how his kingdom is falling apart and how he plans to attack who?

4. About what are the citizens talking?

5. What does the Doctor have prepared if Sigismund should become unstable?

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