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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alais say Eleanor sees when she looks at Henry?

2. When Henry asks Eleanor what she is thinking, how does she respond?

3. After he exits, what does Eleanor comment to herself?

4. What does Richard do when he bursts out from behind the canopy?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 6 take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eleanor and Henry have a love-hate relationship.

Part 1) Describe this relationship. Why do they have this type of relationship?

Part 2) How does this relationship affect their family?

Part 3) Is anything resolved, regarding this relationship, by the end of the play? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

All the characters and many of the circumstances of this play are matters of historical record.

Part 1) Describe these characters. Why might the author use real people?

Part 2) What circumstances might be real? How do you know this?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose for putting real characters into both real and fictional circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Eleanor and Henry frequently banter.

Part 1) Give two examples. Why do these arguments take place?

Part 2) What is hidden by this banter? How do you know this?

Part 3) How is arguing and bantering used throughout the play to conceal other issues? Why?

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