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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aumerle holding when he enters Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A letter to Richard.
(c) A document with a plan to assassinate Bolingbroke.
(d) A document with a plan to assassinate Richard.

2. "Hence, villain! Never more come in my sight." Who says this?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) York.

3. Where did Mowbray die?
(a) Africa.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. Who claims they heard Aumerle bragging about murdering?
(a) Carlisle.
(b) Fitzwater.
(c) Percy.
(d) Bolingbroke.

5. Who is the last character to speak in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Richard.
(c) Carlisle.
(d) Aumerle.

6. Which of the following is not a suggestion of one of the Queen's ladies for an activity to comfort the Queen?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Painting.

7. What does Richard give Bolingbroke during the first meeting since the beginning of the play?
(a) The literal crown from his head.
(b) A lashing with his sword.
(c) The throne.
(d) The inheritance.

8. What is the final line in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) "To ear the land that hath some hope to grow."
(b) "To alter this, for counsel is but vain."
(c) "That bids me be of comfort any more."
(d) "From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day."

9. Where is the Queen being sent from England?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Ireland.

10. Other than Richard and the Queen, who else speaks in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) York.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Bolingbroke.

11. Where is the prison in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Pomfret Castle.
(b) Berkley Castle.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) The Tower of London.

12. What does Bolingbroke question of Bagot when they arrive in London?
(a) Richard's whereabouts.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Gloucester's death.

13. What object does Richard break in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) A vase.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A window.
(d) The royal crown.

14. What is the final line of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) "To meet at London London's king in woe."
(b) "Poor queen, so that thy state might be no worse."
(c) "In the remembrance of a weeping queen."
(d) "Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow."

15. What is the final line of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) "For do we must what force will have us do."
(b) "Then I must not say no."
(c) "Your own is yours and I am yours and all."
(d) "Yea, my good lord."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "For on my heart they tread now whilst I live"?

2. Who is to be executed in Act 5, Scene 3?

3. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?

4. What does Richard touch and speak to lovingly in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. Which of the following characters is not in Act 3, Scene 2?

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