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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the three brothers do, while John hangs holly?
(a) They dance.
(b) They sing Christmas carols.
(c) They talk about how Eleanor arrived that morning, how she and Richard aren't as close as they once were, and how John is Henry's favorite but how Richard is determined to be king.
(d) They are silent.

2. When Richard responds with a pointed remark about Henry's being with Alais, of what does Eleanor remind him?
(a) Alais loves him.
(b) She raised Alais and cares for her a great deal.
(c) Alais is nothing to him.
(d) She does not care what Henry does.

3. What would happen to Alais if John were to become king?
(a) She would have to leave the kingdom.
(b) She would be married to him.
(c) She would become his mistress.
(d) She would be his sister.

4. What does Henry say about his enemies who may be smarter or more ruthless or more dishonest than he?
(a) He will hopefully destroy some of them.
(b) There is only one he wishes to defeat.
(c) He will still beat them all and have his way.
(d) They will one day beat him.

5. What does Eleanor say will happen if if Alais does not marry Richard?
(a) She will purches the Vexin.
(b) She will move to the summer home on the Vexin.
(c) She will see to it that Henry loses the Vexin.
(d) She will burn the Vexin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Eleanor remind Richard?

2. How many of Henry's children love him, according to Alais?

3. Of what does Alais accuse Eleanor?

4. What does Henry want before he dies?

5. What does Richard say when Eleanor says she loves him?

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