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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the constable and Orleans begin to do after commenting on the Dauphin's valor (or lack thereof)?
(a) Notice an approaching messenger and begin to speculate on what he will say.
(b) Begin to talk about other members of the French court who have exhibited the characteristic of valor.
(c) Call the Dauphin vulgar names.
(d) Exchange well-known proverbs.

2. On whose behalf does Pistol ask Fluellen to plead for mercy after this individual had been sentenced to death for robbing a church?
(a) Nym.
(b) The boy.
(c) Bardolph.
(d) Gower.

3. Where does the messenger say the English are when he reports to the constable?
(a) Half way to Rouen.
(b) A day's march away.
(c) Still in Calais.
(d) Within fifteen hundred paces of the constable's tent.

4. What does Henry say he and his army will do after they bury their dead and perform some post-battle religious rituals?
(a) Prepare for the next battle.
(b) Go to Paris to discuss the terms of the peace treaty.
(c) Celebrate their victory and recover from battle in the French countryside.
(d) Go to Calais, then return to England.

5. According to the chorus, what is the name of the area Henry passes through on his way back to London?
(a) South Hampton.
(b) Dover.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Blackheath.

6. In what country, other than France, does the chorus mention that trouble is brewing for England after Henry returns from the war?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Spain.

7. What amusing mispronunciation of a famous historical figure does Fluellen make when he is speaking with Gower?
(a) Attila the Nun.
(b) Julius Cheeser.
(c) The Queen of Sheepah.
(d) Alexander the Pig.

8. What does Henry hope that his and Katherine's potential future son will do?
(a) Have a peaceful reign free of wars.
(b) Go to Constantinople to fight the Turks.
(c) Add Scotland and Ireland to the English empire.
(d) Marry a French woman as beautiful as his mother.

9. Henry states that if it is a sin to __________, then he is the most offending soul alive.
(a) Covet gold.
(b) Kill one's enemies.
(c) Betray a friend.
(d) Covet honor.

10. Which gruesome metaphor does Exeter use to describe the death of one of the English nobility who died at Agincourt?
(a) Food for worms.
(b) Something is rotten in the state of France.
(c) Fertilizing a future vineyard.
(d) Larding the plain.

11. Fluellen tells Pistol that if he owes him anything, he will pay him in __________.
(a) Leeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Cudgels.
(d) Crowns.

12. What does Williams do when he discovers it is Henry who he had made quarrel with the night before the battle?
(a) Says that it makes no difference.
(b) Insists that Henry has the wrong man.
(c) Tries to run away.
(d) States that he thought Henry was a commoner and begs for forgiveness.

13. What do Henry and Williams exchange as proof of their quarrel with each other?
(a) Locks of their own hair.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Rings.
(d) Swords.

14. What does Queen Isabel say she hopes will happen as a result of the meeting between the French royal court and King Henry?
(a) That all griefs and quarrels will be changed to love.
(b) That they will take Henry captive and hold him for ransom.
(c) That Katherine will accept Henry's marriage proposal.
(d) That Henry will admit the war was a mistake.

15. What drastic action does the Dauphin propose rather than face the shame of losing the battle?
(a) Disguise themselves as commoners.
(b) Run away to a heathen land that knows not France.
(c) Stab themselves.
(d) Hang themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bourbon say will "take order now"?

2. Who does Williams strike when he sees him wearing his glove in his cap?

3. To which mythical creature does the Dauphin compare his horse?

4. Which character suggests that if they do not follow him back into battle to die with honor, they may as well allow a slave to have access to their daughters?

5. What does Orleans say has been lost?

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