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Who is brought to substantiate charges of treason against the Duke of Norfolk? |
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What is the name of the Duke of Norfolk? |
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How does the Duke of Norfolk propose to settle the quarrel? Where? |
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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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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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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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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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Who does the King ask to hear the complaint of the two sides on the battlefield? |
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How does the accuser ask to say farewell to the king? |
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Who is the accuser's father? |
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What does the accuser's father bid him to do? |
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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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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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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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What does Richard say is his relationship to the accuser? |
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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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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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Where does Act II open up? |
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Who does John Gaunt speak to about his worries for England? |
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Who does Gaunt acknowledge that he sounds like when he talks to Richard? |
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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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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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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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Who delivers the message that an army has landed north of England? |
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Who does the Duke of York say is the popular figure of England? |
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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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What is the name of Northumberland's son who pledges his service to Bolingbroke? |
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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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Who is the other noble that is not there? Where did he go? |
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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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Who has the King allied himself with? |
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Who enters to tell the king that the Welsh army has been disbanded? |
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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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Where does Richard say that he will go to "pine away"? |
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Who does Bolingbroke send inside the castle to find the king? |
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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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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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Who is accused of killing the Duke of Gloucester in Parliament? |
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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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If Bolingbroke is crowned king, the civil wars that follow are prophesied to be worse than what event? |
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Where is Richard taken until the coronation is performed? |
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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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Richard describes Northumberland as what because Bolingbroke used him to ascend to the throne? |
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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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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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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? |
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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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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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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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