Richard III by Shakespeare - Plot Summary

Who resents Edward's power and aspires secretly to the throne?

• Richard

• Lord Hastings

• Clarence

• King Edward

Who does Richard manipulate into marrying him?

• Lady Anne

• Young Elizabeth

• Queen Anne

• Queen Elizabeth

Who becomes lord protector of England after King Edward's death?

• Lord Buckingham

• Richard

• Lord Hastings

• Clarence

Who is the challenger gathering forces in France to challenge Richard for the throne?

• Lord Buckingham

• King Henry VII

• Richard

• Earl of Richmond

Who is crowned King after Richard's death?

• King Henry VII

• Richard

• Lord Hastings

• King Edward

Who does Richard have murdered in order to marry young Elizabeth?

• Queen Elizabeth

• Lord Buckingham

• Lady Anne

• Queen Anne

Who has a terrible dream in which the ghosts of all the people he has murdered appear and curse him?

• Earl of Richmond

• Richard

• King Edward

• Lord Hastings

Who is betrothed to young Elizabeth in order to unite the warring houses of Lancaster and York?

• King Edward

• Lord Hastings

• Richard

• King Henry VII

Who does Richard have executed to shift the burden of guilt onto King Edward?

• Clarence

• Lord Hastings

• Lord Buckingham

• Richard

Who does Richard imprison in the Tower and send hired murderers to kill?

• The young princes

• Young Elizabeth and Queen Anne

• Lord Hastings and Lord Buckingham

• Queen Elizabeth and King Edward