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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the English respond to the French's offer of marriage of Katherine to Henry and Katherine's dowry?
(a) The offer is accepted and Henry sends ambassadors to Paris to negotiate a treaty.
(b) The offer is rejected and cannons begin firing on the town.
(c) Henry says he can find a wife in England, but he will accept the dowry.
(d) Henry says he will have to meet Katherine before making a decision.

2. The "vasty fields" the chorus mentions are located in which country?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. Hostess Quickly states that she "cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen" without it being thought she is running ___________.
(a) A convent.
(b) A sweatshop.
(c) A home for unwed mothers.
(d) A bawdy house.

4. What does Henry tell Exeter to do with Harfleur?
(a) Burn it to the ground.
(b) Force out all the residents and tell the troops to set up camp there.
(c) Confiscate anything of value.
(d) Fortify it against the French and be merciful to the people.

5. What does Nym suggest Pistol can do to restore their friendship?
(a) Kill one of Nym's enemies.
(b) Pay him the money he owes him from betting.
(c) Write a letter to the king extolling Nym's virtues.
(d) Divorce Hostess Quickly so he can marry her as originally planned.

6. Dauphin tells the French king that they should show no more fear of England than if that country were busy with __________.
(a) Bear baiting.
(b) Attending a play.
(c) A Whitsun morris-dance.
(d) Women in a bawdy house.

7. In the Prologue, what term does the chorus use to describe King Henry?
(a) Warlike.
(b) Angry.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Foolish.

8. To whom is Hostess Nell Quickly married?
(a) Nym.
(b) Sir John Falstaff.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Bardolph.

9. What justification does Henry give for his soldiers to wreak havoc if Harfleur does not surrender?
(a) This is what French soldiers would do if the situation were reversed.
(b) To make an example of them for other French cities.
(c) The soldiers will be so enraged that he will not be able to control them.
(d) To prove to the Dauphin that war is his favorite sport, not tennis.

10. What military operation does Fluellen think is being done incorrectly?
(a) Setting up a prisoner-of-war interment camp.
(b) Digging mines.
(c) The set up of the cannons.
(d) Breaching the city's walls.

11. The king of France tells the Dauphin to stay with them in __________.
(a) Paris.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Rouen.
(d) Harfleur.

12. When they finished mourning Falstaff, Pistol urges his comrades to begin their journey to France and be like __________.
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Horse-leeches.
(d) Vampire bats.

13. Why does Katherine think Alice speaks English well?
(a) Alice had once been married to an English man.
(b) Alice's previous job had been working for an English family.
(c) Alice has been to England.
(d) Alice's mother is English.

14. For what does the boy say he would give all his fame?
(a) Victory for the king.
(b) A pot of ale and safety.
(c) A fair wench.
(d) To have Falstaff alive again.

15. On what does Hostess Quickly blame Sir John's illness?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) An infected wound.
(c) Getting caught in a rainstorm.
(d) Too much drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the chorus ask the audience to imagine that the "well-appointed king" and his fleet embark?

2. What is the dowry that the French offer King Henry along with the king's daughter Katherine?

3. What words from Alice's lesson does Katherine consider too vulgar to speak before the gentlemen of France?

4. In addition to not wanting to die, why does Nym not want to go up to the breach?

5. What is Alice's response to Katherine's assertion that she (Alice) speaks English well?

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