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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 does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army.
(b) That he is going to join Richard in his invasion of Ireland.
(c) That he is secretly planning to assassinate Richard.
(d) That he killed Gaunt.

2. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He hopes to seize Gaunt's property.
(b) He is devastated.
(c) He hopes Bolingbroke does not learn of the news, upsetting him in his exile.
(d) He hopes to marry Gaunt's wife.

3. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) York.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Gaunt.

4. Who is the first to speak in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Bagot.
(b) Lord Aumerle.
(c) Green.
(d) Richard.

5. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?
(a) Knowing his cousin's father would soon die.
(b) Seeing his cousin banished from England.
(c) The wind.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?

3. What does Bushy do for the Queen in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?

5. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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