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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?
(a) Mowbray claims adultery while Bolingbroke claims theft.
(b) Both claim the other is a traitor.
(c) Both love the same woman.
(d) Both claim the other killed the Duke of Gloucester.

2. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?
(a) Causing Richard to banish Bolingbroke.
(b) They have murdered.
(c) Misleading Richard.
(d) Upset the queen.

3. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Green.
(b) Bushy.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Aumerle.

4. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Lord Marshal.
(d) The Duchess of Gloucester.

5. What is Gaunt's final line?
(a) "Love they to live that love and honour have."
(b) "Convey me to my bed, then to my grave."
(c) "Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee."
(d) "Words, life and all old Lancaster hath spent."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Bolingbroke to stay at Berkley Castle?

2. Who informally swears their allegiance to Bolingbroke in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. How does York regard Bolingbroke's acting against the king?

4. How does Bolingbroke justify executing the prisoners?

5. How does Richard respond to Bolingbroke's demands?

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