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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Duchess of York related to Clarence's son and daughter?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Stepmother.
(d) Aunt.

2. What is a scrivener?
(a) Someone paid to seliver legal documents.
(b) Someone paid to deliver messages.
(c) Someone paid to write documents.
(d) Someone paid to observe documents written.

3. What does the indictment for Hastings label him as?
(a) A liar.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A theif.
(d) A traitor.

4. Who do Lovell and Ratcliffe lead away to be executed?
(a) The Archbishop.
(b) Hastings.
(c) Stanley.
(d) The Bishop.

5. Why does Buckingham say York cannot claim sanctuary?
(a) Because he is too young to understand it.
(b) Because it is against the orders of his future king.
(c) Because he has committed a crime by fleeing.
(d) Because he is not an adult and hasn't committed a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks God that Rivers, Dorset and Lord Hastings die young?

2. Where does Act III, scence vi take place?

3. Where is the king's heir staying before being brought to London?

4. Who does Richard accuse of having Lord Hastings imprisoned?

5. What is the name of King Henry IV's queen?

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