Richard III · William Shakespeare

Whole Play Quiz

Twenty questions across the whole play: Richard as villain and showman, the Wars of the Roses, curses and conscience, the women, and the Tudor ending.

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Q1 of 20
Roughly when was Richard III written?
Q2 of 20
What kind of play is Richard III?
Q3 of 20
Which long conflict does the play bring to an end?
Q4 of 20
Who is Richmond in history?
Q5 of 20
How does Richard draw the audience into his schemes?
Q6 of 20
Why might the play's portrait of Richard be unfair to the real king?
Q7 of 20
Which character acts as a kind of prophetess?
Q8 of 20
What is Buckingham's role in the play?
Q9 of 20
How many people are murdered or executed on Richard's orders in the play?
Q10 of 20
What do the women of the play have in common by Act 4?
Q11 of 20
What does Richard's opening line "this sun of York" pun on?
Q12 of 20
What turning point comes on the night before Bosworth?
Q13 of 20
Which theme does the play's ending stress?
Q14 of 20
What makes Richard's wooing of Lady Anne so shocking?
Q15 of 20
Why does Richard want the young princes dead?
Q16 of 20
How long is Richard III compared with Shakespeare's other plays?
Q17 of 20
What does Richard say he lacks, in his first speech?
Q18 of 20
Which animal is Richard repeatedly compared to?
Q19 of 20
Which famous line comes from Richard III?
Q20 of 20
How does the play end?