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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Glendower do that annoys Hotspur?

2. What do the characters describe in Act I, Scene 1?

3. Who murders Richard II?

4. What is Sir Blunt's first name?

5. What is the full title of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Falstaff done to recruit his foot soldiers?

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

3. Why is so much of what Falstaff and Prince Hal are saying unintelligible to modern audiences?

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

5. What do Falstaff and Prince Hal role-play in order to prepare the Prince for his return to his father?

6. How does Shakespeare cue the audience as to where a scene, such as Hotspur at Warkworth Castle, is taking place?

7. When Falstaff arrives at the tavern (after the robbery) what is the very tall tale he tells?

8. What does Lady Percy ask her husband when she first enters the stage?

9. Who has set up the robbery?

10. How does Prince Hal amend the robbery operation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most interesting aspects of Henry IV, Part 1 is the mixture of comedy and serious action. Looking at the overall action of the play, what is the effect if this mixture? Why would Shakespeare put so much comedy into a fairly serious tale about historical battles and power struggles? Does comedy allow the playwright to comment in a different way about honor? War? Struggle?

Essay Topic 2

What is the style of writing which Shakespeare uses in the first scene of the play? Using examples from the text show what pattern the writing takes. How many syllables/feet are in each line? What feeling does this type of writing give this scene?

Essay Topic 3

When Prince Hal offers to meet Hotspur on the field of battle in solo combat what does this reveal about his character? What is Prince Hal thinking of? Or perhaps who is he thinking of? What does this reveal about the future leader that he may become? What is this young man growing into?

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