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

2. What is Gaunt's final line?
(a) "Convey me to my bed, then to my grave."
(b) "Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee."
(c) "Words, life and all old Lancaster hath spent."
(d) "Love they to live that love and honour have."

3. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?
(a) Mighty.
(b) Proud.
(c) High.
(d) Fierce.

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

5. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Life.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who is Woodstock?

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

4. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

5. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?

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