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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poins do when he slips away from Falstaff and Gadshill?
(a) Finds a police man.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Gets in disguise.
(d) Starts a fire.

2. Hotspur refers to "Bolingbroke." Who does he mean?
(a) Worcester.
(b) Prince Hal.
(c) King Henry IV.
(d) Himself.

3. Where does the beginning of this play take place?
(a) The King's palace.
(b) A road to london.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A London market.

4. How does the style of writing change in the second scene?
(a) Written in prose.
(b) Full of nature references.
(c) Bawdy and risque.
(d) Written in a Cockney accent.

5. Where does the King say the next council will be held and when?
(a) Sunday morning on the battlefield.
(b) A fortnight from Friday at the Bishop's copse.
(c) The following winter in Exeter.
(d) Wednesday next at Windsor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the atmosphere in the kingdom as the play starts?

2. Who is Poins?

3. Who does Gadshill say will die with him?

4. What plan has the king been unable to enact at the beginning of the play?

5. What is a "franklin?"

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