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Q1Why does Richard halt the trial by combat between Bolingbroke and Mowbray at Coventry?
Q2What does John of Gaunt criticize about Richard's rule before he dies?
Q3Why does Richard seize Bolingbroke's inheritance from his father Gaunt?
Q4What news does the Welsh Captain bring to Salisbury that changes the course of the war?
Q5What does York do when Bolingbroke returns to claim his inheritance?
Q6At Flint Castle, how does Richard respond when he sees Bolingbroke's army approach?
Q7Who is John of Gaunt?
Q8What is the primary motivation driving Henry Bolingbroke's return from exile?
Q9How does the Gardener function as a mirror for Richard's rule?
Q10What happens to Bushy and Green?
Q11What does Richard mean when he says 'We were not born to sue, but to command'?
Q12In the deposition scene, what does Richard do with the mirror that is brought to him?
Q13What does this line reveal about Richard's view of kingship: 'For I have given here my soul's consent to undeck the pompous body of a king'?
Q14What does Richard mean by 'Thus play I in one person many people, and none contented'?
Q15In what way does the Bishop of Carlisle's prophecy in Act 4 foreshadow the future of England?
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