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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 does Montjoy request of Henry on behalf of France after the battle of Agincourt?
(a) The return of French prisoners not knowing they are already dead.
(b) A break in the battle.
(c) Renegotiation of Henry's surrender and ransom.
(d) That they may collect their dead, sort them by class, and bury them.

2. 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.

3. Who sends Montjoy to the English camp to request that Henry surrender and give himself over for ransom?
(a) The Dauphin.
(b) Katherine.
(c) The King of France.
(d) The Constable.

4. Who does Williams strike when he sees him wearing his glove in his cap?
(a) Henry.
(b) Fluellen.
(c) Gower.
(d) Warwick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams do when he discovers it is Henry who he had made quarrel with the night before the battle?

2. What do Henry and Williams exchange as proof of their quarrel with each other?

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

4. What is Fluellen's complaint against Gower in the hours before the battle begins?

5. The chorus says the two army camps are so close together they can do which of the following:

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Henry tells Fluellen to do when he gives him Williams' glove.

2. What does Henry tell Montjoy will be the result of dead English soldiers being buried in France?

3. Explain why Henry's post-war stay in England is cut short.

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

5. Compare the demeanor of the English troops to that of the French troops before the battle of Agincourt.

6. Describe what Henry is doing in the English camp the night before the battle of Agincourt.

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

8. Summarize the message from the French king that Montjoy gives to Henry.

9. Summarize the comments the boy makes after Pistol leaves with the French soldier to collect the ransom.

10. What does Bourbon declare must be done rather than live with the shame of losing to the English?

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