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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Uncle and nephew.

2. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) Life.
(c) England.
(d) Family.

3. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.
(b) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(c) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.
(d) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.

4. Which of the following character is not in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Bushy.
(c) Willoughby.
(d) Green.

5. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Berkeley Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. Who is prisoner in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What Greek god does Richard compare himself to at Berkley Castle?

4. Who claims they heard Aumerle bragging about murdering?

5. Where is the setting of Act 3, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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