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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. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?
(a) Both love the same woman.
(b) Both claim the other is a traitor.
(c) Mowbray claims adultery while Bolingbroke claims theft.
(d) Both claim the other killed the Duke of Gloucester.

2. Who in Ireland is worrying Richard in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Murderers.

3. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) London.
(b) Gloucestershire.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Ravenspurgh.

4. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(d) Lord Marshal.

5. What do Northumberland, Ross, and Willoughby discuss after Richard leaves Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Their disgust of Richard.
(b) The war in Ireland.
(c) All three answers are correct.
(d) Bolingbroke's loss of property.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What was Mowbray supposed to be doing with Richard's uncle when he died?

3. What is the biggest concern in Act 2, Scene 2 regarding the war in Ireland?

4. How many gold coins does Bolingbroke accuse Mowbray of withholding from the army?

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

(see the answer key)

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