This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Richard Iii > Richard Iii – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Richard Iii Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The old man lives in a poor ..... of town. A) Strength. B) Declared. C) Approach. D) Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Area. 2. "His Grace looks cheerfully and smooth this morning; /There's some conceit or other likes him well/ When that he bids good morrow with such spirit./ I think there's never a man in Christendom/ Can lesser hide his love or hate than he, / For by his face straight shall you know his heart." A) Prince Edward. B) Buckingham. C) Hastings. D) Richard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hastings. 3. I ..... you make your vacation plans early this year. A) Creature. B) Anxious. C) Suggest. D) Quarrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggest. 4. How doth the theme of betrayal play out in the plot of Richard III? A) The theme of betrayal is not present in the plot. B) Richard manipulates and betrays those around him to achieve his goals. C) The other characters betray Richard instead. D) Richard is always honest and trustworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard manipulates and betrays those around him to achieve his goals. 5. When King Edward IV died, who was next to inherit the throne? A) Richard. B) The king's son Edward, Prince of Wales. C) Lord Rivers. D) Lord Grey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The king's son Edward, Prince of Wales. 6. Where does the battle take place? A) Thames Field. B) Bosworth Field. C) Tewkesbury Field. D) Boldwise Field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bosworth Field. 7. What happened to the princes in the tower? A) Richard killed them. B) We don't know. C) They got out and died of old age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We don't know. 8. Synonym for propose, recommend, advocate, or advise. A) Quarrel. B) Creature. C) Permission. D) Suggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suggest. 9. When Richard learned that his brother was getting better, A) He got down on his knees and thanked God. B) He ran to his brother's bedside. C) He became afraid for his own life. D) He became upset, and would not visit him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He became upset, and would not visit him. 10. What is Hasting's reaction to Stanley's foreboding? A) He is terrified and horrified. B) He confidently dismisses Stanley's forebodings. C) He is annoyed. D) He is saddened by the forebodings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He confidently dismisses Stanley's forebodings. 11. A nephew is the son of your brother or sister. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. Who is the first ghost to appear to Richard? A) Queen Anne. B) King Henry VI. C) King Edward IV. D) Prince Edward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Henry VI. 13. How do you say "il souffre de ..... " in english? A) He's plagued on. B) He's plagued by. C) He's plagued to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's plagued by. 14. Kevin's bad language A) Earned him a raise. B) Got him into trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got him into trouble. 15. Richard III took power of the title as king when he took power from his? A) Older brother. B) 12 year old nephew Edward V. C) Queen Anne. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 year old nephew Edward V. 16. If the King died, the Prince of Wales would be A) Under Richard's care. B) Under the care of Margaret. C) Under the care of his mother. D) Under the care of his uncle, Lord Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under Richard's care. 17. Richard is in company of ..... when Buckingham leads the Mayor to him. A) Two murderers. B) Two priests. C) Three citizens. D) Two executioners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two priests. 18. The quote, Made glorious summer by this son of York portrays Richard as being: A) Sarcastic. B) Kind. C) Ambitious. D) Manipulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcastic. 19. According to the optimistic citizen ..... A) Richard will rule England. B) Edward's sons will rule. C) Elizabeth will rule. D) The Lancaster family will take over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edward's sons will rule. 20. A trumpet is a good late-night snack. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. Synonym for animal, beast, brute, critter, or varmint. A) Permission. B) Quarrel. C) Creature. D) Anybody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creature. 22. After the queen declares the king dead, Lord Rivers says that the Prince must return from A) Ludlow. B) Lancaster. C) Lebanon. D) Liberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ludlow. 23. "Do not ..... your father while he's reading, " said mother. A) Attention. B) Stern. C) Interrupt. D) Prayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrupt. 24. Who is the author of the play 'Hamlet'? A) Jane Austen. B) William Shakespeare. C) Charles Dickens. D) Leo Tolstoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 25. King Edward IV thought that, perhaps, he had been wrong in A) Trusting Richard. B) Sending Clarence to prison. C) Marrying Elizabeth. D) Having children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sending Clarence to prison. 26. ..... is the final blow to the reconciliation between the queen's kindred and Richard's A) King Edward's illness. B) The death of Clarence. C) The Lancaster family's actions. D) The war of roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The death of Clarence. 27. Synonym for tremble, quiver, shake, shudder, or quake. A) Greetings. B) Shiver. C) Precious. D) Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiver. 28. Hall and Holinshed's histories were Shakespeare's major sources as he wrote Richard III. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. Richard III's remains were found under a? A) Church. B) Parking lot. C) A palace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parking lot. 30. To watch or listen closely; give care and thought to. A) Prayer. B) Attention. C) Stern. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attention. 31. Did Richard have a hunched back? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 32. Was the real Lady Anne killed by Richard? (Birmingham article) A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 33. The dead man was Lady Anne's A) Father. B) Uncle. C) Brother. D) Father-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father-in-law. 34. Synonym for worried, uneasy, or nervous. A) Anybody. B) Creature. C) Anxious. D) Permission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anxious. 35. Who went to the Tower to visit the Princes? A) The Duchess of York, the Queen and her son, and the Duchess of Gloucester. B) Queen Elizabeth, Lady Anne, Dorset, and Buckingham. C) Queen Elizabeth, Lady Anne, Dorset, and Lord Stanley. D) The Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth, Lady Anne, and the Lord Protector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Duchess of York, the Queen and her son, and the Duchess of Gloucester. 36. What doth Richard III propose to his niece? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. "I now ..... you man and wife, " said the judge. A) Pronounce. B) Council. C) Deliver. D) Further. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronounce. 38. Synonym for hello, salute, welcome, or acknowledgment. A) Bid. B) Greetings. C) Shiver. D) Precious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greetings. 39. Whose body lay inside the casket? A) The Duke of Gloucester's. B) King Edward IV's. C) King Henry VI's. D) Richard III's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Henry VI's. 40. The quote, But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks portrays Richard as being: A) Sarcastic. B) Mean. C) Ambitious. D) Unattractive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unattractive. 41. Richard the III was written in ..... A) The XVth century. B) The XVIIth century. C) The XVIIIth century. D) The XVI th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The XVI th century. 42. "May I please have your ..... , " said Miss Peters to her class. A) Prayer. B) Stern. C) Greet. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attention. 43. What does Henry say he will join together? A) The roses of the houses. B) The lands of the houses. C) The money of the houses. D) The people of the houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The roses of the houses. 44. Richard III was really evil and deformed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Richard wanted to get rid of his wife because A) He would inherit her fortune. B) He wanted to be single again. C) He wanted to marry young Elizabeth. D) She was spending all his money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to marry young Elizabeth. 46. Pete wanted to learn another ..... so he took Spanish lessons. A) Impatient. B) Limped. C) Language. D) Ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language. 47. The rumor made the dead king appear to be a person who had no A) Direction. B) Morals. C) Marbles. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morals. 48. When you approach something, you are getting nearer to it. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Renee burned her tongue A) While drinking hot soup. B) While eating birthday cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While drinking hot soup. 50. Synonym for concur, accept, or approve. A) Council. B) Deliver. C) Further. D) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agree. 51. When the queen learns that Richard and Buckingham have sent Lord Rivers and Lord Grey to prison, A) She knows her family is in great danger. B) She goes to the prison and sets them free. C) She plans a way to get on Richard's good side. D) She complains to the church leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She knows her family is in great danger. 52. Richard is not happy with the blessing his mother bestows on him because ..... A) He wants to get a blessing of love, charity, obedience and true duty. B) He wants charity blessings. C) He wants a blessing that will enable him die a good old man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants a blessing that will enable him die a good old man. 53. The queen, knowing she's in danger, A) Escapes the palace with her young son. B) Hides in the tower. C) Begs Richard to spare her life. D) Kills herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escapes the palace with her young son. 54. Henry VI's funeral and Clarence's imprisonment occured at the same time (in 1471). A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. Oliver grew ..... waiting for his bus to arrive. A) Impatient. B) Ashes. C) Limped. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impatient. 56. I don't know ..... who wants to be poor. A) Anxious. B) Permission. C) Creature. D) Anybody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anybody. 57. Before Richard told Lady Anne the truth, she suspected (thought to be so) that Richard A) Would make a good husband for the right woman. B) Was the one who killed her husband, and father-in-law. C) Would make a great king. D) Was not as evil as most people thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was the one who killed her husband, and father-in-law. 58. Richard III is not ..... A) Evil. B) Morally dubious. C) Nice and friendly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nice and friendly. 59. What does the word 'halt' mean in the quote:That dogs bark at me as I halt by them? A) Shout. B) Run. C) Limp. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limp. 60. The men in the boat became ..... when a storm suddenly appeared. A) Create. B) Anybody. C) Anxious. D) Permission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permission. 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