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Richard II is a play from the 1590s by William Shakespeare. Although King Richard has been vanquished by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, he intimates that he is not entirely ready to show subservience to his cousin, saying,
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Which quotation from Richard II most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen. / God save the King! although I be not he; / And yet, amen, if heaven do think him me."
A
"I have no name, no title,- / No, not that name was given me at the font, - / But 'tis usurp'd:- Alack the heavy day, / That I have worn so many winters out, / And know not now what name to call myself!"
B
"Still my griefs are mine. / You may my glories and my state depose, / But not my griefs; still am I king of those."
C
"Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet have learn'd / To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee"
D