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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?
(a) Vials of blood; branches from one root.
(b) Doves flying; a harp playing angel.
(c) Rose petals; a dagger dripping blood.
(d) A crying baby; nurses working corruptly.

2. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?
(a) "Thou art the midwife to my woe."
(b) "What right have you to deliver such agony to the Queen?"
(c) "There is no higher evil than Bolingbroke."
(d) "Your news feels of demons ripping my inside."

3. Why is Richard confused about Gaunt's reaction towards Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) Gaunt took part in the verdict decision making.
(b) Gaunt told Richard that Bolingbroke had threatened him, and he wanted him exiled.
(c) Gaunt usually does not react so emotionally.
(d) Richard thought Gaunt was dying, and everyone else was laughing.

4. Who tells of Bolingbroke's arrival in England?
(a) Green.
(b) The Duke of York.
(c) Bagot.
(d) Bushy.

5. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Woodstock.
(c) Richard.
(d) The Duchess of Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?

2. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. How will Richard handle the situation in Ireland?

4. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?

5. Which character officially swears in Mowbray and Bolingbroke at the duel?

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