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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mowbray supposed to be doing with Richard's uncle when he died?
(a) Accompany him while traveling.
(b) Showing him the courtyards.
(c) Practicing to duel.
(d) Guarding him.

2. Where was the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Alexandra Palace.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Parliament.

3. What do Bolingbroke and Mowbray accuse one another of?
(a) Thief.
(b) Treason.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Kidnapping.

4. "What my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove." Who says this?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Richard.
(d) Bolingbroke.

5. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?
(a) As a time to grow as a man.
(b) As a pleasurable journey.
(c) As a time to find a wife.
(d) As his civic duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Ireland is worrying Richard in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. Who is Bolingbroke's father?

3. What does Gaunt call Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who announces Gaunt's death?

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

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