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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. What order does Henry give Exeter after the alarm sounds?
(a) Tell every soldier to kill his prisoners.
(b) Try to trick the French into thinking they are going to surrender.
(c) Regroup and charge once more.
(d) Retreat.

2. What does Orleans say has been lost?
(a) The war (la guerre).
(b) His horse (mon cheval).
(c) The day (le jour) and all (tout).
(d) His son (mon fils) and his brother (mon frère).

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

4. What is the "capital demand" in the articles of peace that Henry mentions to Queen Isabel?
(a) Katherine.
(b) A formal apology from the Dauphin.
(c) The French king's crown and all his powers.
(d) Two-thirds of all France's tax revenues.

5. Grandpre says that this Roman god appears to be bankrupt because of the English soldiers' haggard appearance:
(a) Ares.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following tool do the armorers use to close the rivets on the knights' armor?

2. What does Henry say is the meaning of the alarm that sounds as he and Exeter are speaking?

3. Fluellen tells Pistol that if he owes him anything, he will pay him in __________.

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

5. Complete the statement the boy makes after Pistol leaves with the French soldier, "The empty vessel . . ."

Short Essay Questions

1. When Henry is in disguise walking among his men, how does he talk about himself?

2. What is Henry's reasoning for wanting to go forward with Bardolph's execution?

3. What does the constable mean when he tells the other soldiers, "straight to horse"?

4. What are some of the conjectures that the constable, Orleans, and Rambures make about Henry and the English?

5. Describe England's celebratory mood as Henry and his army return home from France.

6. What is the significance of Saint Crispin's day?

7. What is the basis of the quarrel between Henry, who is in disguise, and Williams?

8. Explain the situation with Williams' glove after Henry asks Fluellen to wear it in his cap.

9. Describe the poignant scene that Exeter witnessed on the battlefield.

10. What is Henry's response when Katherine asks how she could possibly love the enemy of France?

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