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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Dauphin suggest they do before the battle to make the fight fairer?
(a) Strike their swords on rocks to dull them.
(b) Leave the horses and face the English on foot.
(c) Send only sick and injured soldiers to fight.
(d) Send the English food and fresh suits of armor.

2. What is the amount that the French soldier offers Pistol to spare his life?
(a) Two hundred pounds.
(b) Seven hundred francs.
(c) Two hundred crowns.
(d) Thirty pieces of silver.

3. 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.

4. According to the boy, who is left to guard the luggage after Pistol leaves?
(a) A few sick and injured soldiers.
(b) Boys.
(c) Some hirelings from a nearby village.
(d) No one.

5. What puts an end to Williams' and Fluellen's argument over money?
(a) Exeter tells them to go settle the matter with swords.
(b) Williams says he will accept Fluellen's money if that will make him happy.
(c) Henry demands that they be quiet.
(d) A herald arrives with the battle's death count.

6. 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) Celebrate their victory and recover from battle in the French countryside.
(c) Go to Calais, then return to England.
(d) Go to Paris to discuss the terms of the peace treaty.

7. What is Williams' response to Henry (who is in disguise) when Henry says that the king would not be ransomed?
(a) He agrees that Henry would not permit such a thing to happen.
(b) Only because it is not the way of the French to hold men for ransom.
(c) The English would never be willing to pay a ransom, even for Henry.
(d) That he may indeed be ransomed but they would not know the difference once their throats had been cut.

8. Why does Henry have to return to France?
(a) He needs to discuss affairs of state with the Dauphin, who is too ill to travel.
(b) He is ready to marry Katherine.
(c) The Emperor of Rome cannot negotiate peace.
(d) The citizens of France want to overthrow the monarchy.

9. Who does Gower suspect had murdered the boys and stolen and burned the king's possessions?
(a) The king himself in order to arouse the rage of his own soldiers against the French.
(b) Soldiers who had run from the battle.
(c) French soldiers.
(d) Escaped criminals from a nearby prison.

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

11. What does Henry say is the meaning of the alarm that sounds as he and Exeter are speaking?
(a) All the English soldiers have died, been captured, or have run away.
(b) The French have surrendered.
(c) Reinforcements from England have finally arrived.
(d) The French have reinforced their scattered men.

12. What is Fluellen's complaint against Gower in the hours before the battle begins?
(a) He has not studied classical warfare.
(b) He is speaking too loudly.
(c) He is getting drunk before the battle.
(d) He spends too much time associating with common soldiers.

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

14. Who does Exeter say he had witnessed the Duke of York comforting on the battlefield as both men lay dying?
(a) Suffolk.
(b) Pistol.
(c) A French soldier.
(d) Westmoreland.

15. Complete the statement the boy makes after Pistol leaves with the French soldier, "The empty vessel . . ."
(a) Is easily broken.
(b) Is never filled.
(c) Appears the same as a full one.
(d) Makes the greatest sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fluellen say he is still wearing a leek in his cap?

2. What do the constable and Orleans begin to do after commenting on the Dauphin's valor (or lack thereof)?

3. What additional information does the boy give the French soldier regarding Pistol's acceptance of the bribe?

4. What topic are the Dauphin, the constable, and Orleans discussing when an argument breaks out?

5. What is Queen Isabel's response when Henry asks if she will accompany the French king and the English representatives to the negotiations?

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