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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is part of the significance of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Richard has become gravely ill.
(b) Richard has returned from England.
(c) The Queen is pregnant.
(d) Bolingbroke has surrendered.

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

3. Who of the Duke of York's family enters Windsor Castle first?
(a) They all enter together.
(b) The Duchess.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Aumerle.

4. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Alexandra Palace.
(c) Berkley Castle.
(d) Flint Castle.

5. How is Richard described to Bolingbroke after the initial meeting in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) "His voice trembles into valleys."
(b) "...like a lost child."
(c) "His eyes quiver as though alien."
(d) "...like a frantic man."

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

7. How does Richard respond to Bolingbroke's demands?
(a) He pulls out his sword.
(b) He accepts.
(c) He cries.
(d) He says he would rather die than allow Bolingbroke in England.

8. Where is the setting of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) An outdoor labyrinth.
(b) A lake.
(c) A court yard.
(d) A garden.

9. What does Richard touch and speak to lovingly in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The Queen.
(b) His newborn child.
(c) The ground.
(d) A dog.

10. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?
(a) Spiders and toads.
(b) Rats and diseases.
(c) Snakes and roaches.
(d) Mold and rust.

11. Who is the last character to speak in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) York.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) Bolingbroke.

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 is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.
(b) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.
(c) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(d) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.

14. Who said, "Let's fight with gentle words"?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Richard.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Bolingbroke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mowbray die?

2. What does Richard hear that interrupts his speech in Act 5, Scene 5?

3. What does Exton say he will do in Act 5, Scene 4?

4. Where will the Queen go after learning of her husband's defeat?

5. What is the final line of Act 5, Scene 1?

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