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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men really attack Falstaff?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. Who does King Henry IV send to fetch Prince Hal from the tavern?
(a) Young Gallic Douglas.
(b) Mistress Quickly.
(c) Sir John Bracy.
(d) Sir John Gaunt.

3. What is the atmosphere in the kingdom as the play starts?
(a) Peace and light.
(b) Civil war is at hand.
(c) Excited at the prospect of a general election.
(d) Prosperity and plenty.

4. What prompts the King to stop all of his previous plans at the beginning of the play?
(a) A threatening message from Glendower.
(b) Word of the lack of money in the treasury.
(c) News that his son is sick.
(d) News that Mortimer was defeated.

5. What does the Prince of Wales say to his father upon his return to the Royal Court?
(a) Wants a wife given to him immediately.
(b) Apologizes for the offenses of his youth.
(c) Promises to leave and never return.
(d) Demands his due share of the kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hotspur's wife say she has been banished from?

2. When is Lady Percy to follow Hotspur when he leaves her?

3. Why does Francis have five more years to serve?

4. Who reveals the truth about the attack on Falstaff?

5. What has Lady Percy been banished from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Falstaff fretting about in the tavern when he is there without the Prince?

2. How does Prince Hal amend the robbery operation?

3. Why can Mortimer and his new wife, the daughter of Glendower, not communicate?

4. What has Prince Hal done to keep Falstaff from being arrested for the robbery?

5. Does Hotspur accept or reject the King's offer of pardon?

6. What is Hotspur's answer to the King's offer of pardon?

7. What does the offer from the King to Hotspur contain?

8. What does Prince Henry say must happen during the war when he goes to the tavern?

9. Where does Act IV, Scene 1 take place?

10. What does Gadshill ask when he enters the stage at the beginning of Act 2?

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