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Richard II
Shakespeare's Richard II flash cards for ACE competition
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12th Grade
12/03/2014

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Who is brought to substantiate charges of treason against the Duke of Norfolk?
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Bolingbroke
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What is the name of the Duke of Norfolk?
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Thomas Mowbray
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How does the Duke of Norfolk propose to settle the quarrel? Where?
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A duel, at Coventry
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What does his accuser do to say he agrees?
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He throws down his glove.
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How long does the accuser say the acts of treason have gone on?
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18 years
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What is the specific act of treason that is cited?
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Plotting the murder of the Duke of Gloucester
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What does the Duke of Norfolk say is the one grave sin he has committed but since repented from?
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laying an ambush on john of Gaunt
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What does the Duke of Norfolk say is the purest treasure?
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a spotless reputation
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On what day is the duel set to take place?
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Saint Lambert's Day or September 17th
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Who pays John of Gaunt a visit at the beginning of Act I, Scene II?
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Duchess of Gloucester
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What relation is the visitor and what does the visitor want?
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She is his sister-in-law, revenge against her husband's murderers
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Who does John of Gaunt say the quarrel is up to? Who does he say caused the murder?
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the will of God, the king
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What does he refer to the king as?
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God's Deputy
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Who does the King ask to hear the complaint of the two sides on the battlefield?
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the Marshal
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How does the accuser ask to say farewell to the king?
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by kissing his ring
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Who is the accuser's father?
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John of Gaunt
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What does the accuser's father bid him to do?
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be swift like lightning
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What does King Richard do to halt the proceedings?
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He throws his baton to the ground.
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What does the king do to stop the duel?
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He banishes Bolingbroke and Mowbray.
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How are the sentences different?
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Bolingbroke is banished for 10 years, while Mowbray is banished for life.
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How does the Duke of Norfolk describe his sentence?
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a speechless death
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Before they depart what does the king have them do? What is the symbolic way to keep their promise?
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He makes them promise never to see each other again or to engage in treasonous acts, they must promise on the king's sword.
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What does the accuser ask the Duke of Norfolk to do before they leave? How does the Duke respond?
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He asks him to confess his crimes, the Duke replies that he would rather be banished from heaven
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What does Richard do when he looks into Gaunt's "old eyes"?
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he reduces Bolingbroke's sentence to 6 years
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What does Gaunt say that the king cannot buy?
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His breath
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What does the accuser say that at least he can boast about?
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Though he is banished, he is yet a true born Englishman
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Who is King Richard trying to test the loyalty of at the beginning of Act I, scene IV?
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Duke of York
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What does Richard say is his relationship to the accuser?
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he is his cousin
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What three people does Richard have observing the country people? What do they report to him?
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Bushy Bagot and Green, Bolingbroke is popular among the commoners
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What is the pressing problem that King Richard must now turn his attention to?
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the Irish Rebellion
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What does Richard say he must do before he goes to war?
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fill his coffers with riches borrowed from his country's nobles
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Richard is informed that who is extremely ill and probably dying?
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John of Gaunt
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Where does Act II open up?
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Ely House in London
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Who does John Gaunt speak to about his worries for England?
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The Duke of York
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Who does Gaunt acknowledge that he sounds like when he talks to Richard?
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an Old Testament Prophet
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What does Gaunt warn the king about?
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the crown of England cannot compass all his thousand flatterers
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What does Gaunt call him besides saying that he is no king?
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a greedy landlord to his country
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What does Richard say is the only thing that saves Gaunt's life?
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he is the brother to great Edward's son
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Who announces the death of John Gaunt?
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Northumberland
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What does Richard do that causes the Duke of York to question his intentions?
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He takes Gaunt's land and property instead of leaving it for Bolingbroke
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What three men meet to discuss the state of England and how bad things have gotten?
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Northumberland Willoughby and Ross
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Who is gathering a large number of ships and 3,000 men to fight Richard?
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Bolingbroke
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When does he plan to attack?
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as soon as Richard leaves for Ireland
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Where is the queen talking to one of Richard's trusted servants when she discusses her depression?
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Windsor Castle
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Who delivers the message that an army has landed north of England?
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Green
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Who does the Duke of York say is the popular figure of England?
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Bolingbroke
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What other bad news is brought while the Duke of York tries to figure out what to do?
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his sister-in-law/the Duchess of Gloucester is dead
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Where do Bushy and Green decide to go seek refuge?
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a castle in Bristol
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What is the name of Northumberland's son who pledges his service to Bolingbroke?
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Henry Percy
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Who brings a message to Bolingbroke from the Duke of York? What does he call Bolingbroke? How does Bolingbroke with to be addressed?
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Lord of Berkley, My Lord of Hereford, Lancaster
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Who tries to convince the Welsh captain to keep his troops together for one more day? Why does the Welsh captain refuse?
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Lord of Salisbury, he believes the king is dead
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At the beginning of Act III, who does Bolingbroke plan to execute for crimes against him and England?
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Bushy and Green
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Who is the other noble that is not there? Where did he go?
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Bagot, Ireland
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Who does Bolingbroke ask the Duke of York to look after? Where does Bolingbroke plan to go to find the king?
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the queen, Wales
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Who has the King allied himself with?
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Glendower
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Who enters to tell the king that the Welsh army has been disbanded?
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Salisbury
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Who brings the news that the entire British nation had risen up in arms against the king?
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Scroop
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Where does Richard say that he will go to "pine away"?
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Flint Castle
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Who does Bolingbroke send inside the castle to find the king?
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Henry Percy
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What does Richard criticize Northumberland for not doing?
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he did not bend his knee to the king
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Where does Richard say he will go to decide the kingship?
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London
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Who does the queen overhear talking about the king at York's castle?
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the gardener and his apprentices
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What do the people compare Richard and Bolingbroke to?
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Richard - a weed
Bolingbroke - a gardener
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Once the queen departs what do the people propose to do to represent where the queen's tear shave fallen to the earth?
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they will plant a bank of rue
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Where does Act IV take place in London?
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Westminster Hall
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Who is accused of killing the Duke of Gloucester in Parliament?
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Aumerle
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How was Mowbray killed so that he cannot testify?
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He was killed during a crusade to the Holy Land
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Who objects that only God can judge a king whenever the throne is offered to Bolingbroke?
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Bishop of Carlisle
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If Bolingbroke is crowned king, the civil wars that follow are prophesied to be worse than what event?
Definition
the Crusifixion
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Where is Richard taken until the coronation is performed?
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the Tower of London
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Who plots to do away with Bolingbroke? Whose home is he invited to in order to discuss further plans?
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Aumerle, Abbot of Westminster's home
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What does the queen liken Richard to when she sees him at the beginning of Act V? What does she liken Bolingbroke to?
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a beauteous inn, a common alehouse
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What does Richard urge the queen to do?
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leave England and enter a convent in France
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Bolingbroke changes plans and orders Richard to be take where?
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Pomfret
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Richard describes Northumberland as what because Bolingbroke used him to ascend to the throne?
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a ladder
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What causes York to denounce his son as a traitor?
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he reads the sealed paper that Aumerle has in his pocket
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What title (name) does Bolingbroke take as King of England?
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Henry IV
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Who is the heir to the throne after Bolingbroke (name)? What does Bolingbroke lament about him?
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Prince Hal, he is wasting his life with dissolute companions
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Who interprets Bolingbroke's words to mean that he wants Richard to be killed and decides to do it?
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Sir Pierce of Exton
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What verdict does Bolingbroke give concerning York's son?
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he will pardon him, but execute the other conspirators
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Who are Richard's only companions?
Definition
his thoughts
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What causes Richard to have a sign of love? What does Richard call love?
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music, "a strange brooch in this all-hating world"
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In his soliloquy what does Richard compare himself to?
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a clock
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What happens to the conspirators? Who is the "grand conspirator"?
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they are executed and their heads are sent to London, Abbot of Westminster
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What happens to the Bishop of Carlisle?
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life imprisonment
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What does Bolingbroke do to the man who kills Richard? What does Bolingbroke vow to do to make amends?
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Exton is banished, he vows to make a voyage to the Holy Land
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