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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Richard, the Queen.
(b) Gaunt, Bolingbroke.
(c) Lord Marshall, the Duke Aumerle.
(d) Gaunt, the Duchess of Gloucester.

3. Who stops the duel as it begins?
(a) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Richard.
(d) Gaunt.

4. Which character officially swears in Mowbray and Bolingbroke at the duel?
(a) Lord Marshal.
(b) Richard.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Duke Aumerle.

5. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?

2. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?

3. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?

4. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?

5. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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