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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?
(a) Bolingbroke is always able to persuade people to take his side.
(b) His intelligence often outsmarted Richard in their youth.
(c) Bolingbroke is much stronger than Richard.
(d) He is gracious to and loved by the common people.

2. How long is Mowbray banished from England?
(a) Life.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Ten years.

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

4. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He is heartbroken and acting insane.
(b) He is threatening to commit suicide.
(c) He is very sick.
(d) He is leaving the country too.

5. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?
(a) The Duke of Lancaster.
(b) The Duke of Gloucester.
(c) The Duke of Kent.
(d) Lord Edmonton of Bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bolingbroke's title now that Gaunt is dead?

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

3. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?

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

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