How many beheadings have occurred in the final scene of the play?
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In Act I, Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray of treason, consisting of
- having an affair with the queen.
- plotting to kill the prince.
- selling state secrets to France.
- theft and murder.
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True or false? After John of Gaunt dies, King Richard takes possession of Gaunt's estate and leaves for Ireland.
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True or false? Bolingbroke's first public, political act occurs when he passes sentence on Bushy and Bagot.
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True or false? John of Gaunt believes that King Richard instigated Gloucester's murder.
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True or false? Sir Pierce of Exton kills King Richard because Pierce believes God told him to.
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True or false? The Duke of York and his son Aumerle both support King Richard until the end.
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What do the following words describe: "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, / This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, /This other Eden, demi-paradise. . . "
- England
- France
- Pomfret Castle
- Windsor Castle
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Where does King Richard make his surrender?
- Appomattox
- Flint Castle
- Reims
- Yorktown
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Which of the following descriptions does not fit King Richard?
- Appreciates wealth and the luxuries that come with it
- Aware of the wastefulness of his court
- Surrounds himself with sycophants
- Weak and self-pitying
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Who said the following: "What Eve, what serpent, hath suggested thee / To make a second fall of cursed man?"
- Bolingbroke
- Duchess of Gloucester
- King Richard
- Queen Isabella
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Who said the following: "The lining of his coffers shall make coats / To deck our soldiers for these Irish wars."
- Duke of Norfolk
- Duke of York
- Hamlet
- King Richard
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Who said the following: "Where'er I wander, boast of this I can / Though banish'd, yet a trueborn Englishman."
- Aumerle
- Bolingbroke
- Carlisle
- Mowbray
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Who said the following: "O, if you raise this house against this house, / It will the woefullest division prove / That ever fell upon this cursed earth!"
- Abbot of Westminster
- Bishop of Carlisle
- Duke of Northumberland
- Duke of York
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Why is the garden scene in Act III, Scene 4 so important?
- After listening to the gardener, the queen becomes aware of the noblemen's plot against her husband.
- It shows the kind of care a garden requires, much like the care that a nation needs.
- It's a reference to King Richard's penchant for controlling everything around him.
- The queen learns that the common people love and support King Richard, assuaging her anxiety.
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