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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Duchess of Gloucester's purpose in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She begs Gaunt to avenge her husband's death.
(b) She confesses that she did not love the Duke.
(c) She worries aloud about money.
(d) She begs Gaunt to act humanely.

3. Which of the following is not one of the prophecies alarming the characters of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The moon looks bloody.
(b) Endless rain.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Ruffians dancing.

4. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Percy.
(d) Ross.

5. How many lines are in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty four.
(d) Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?

4. What does Bolingbroke claim to be his intentions for invading England?

5. Who says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?

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