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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "My comfort is that heaven will take our souls and plague injustice with the pains of hell." Who says this?
(a) York.
(b) Bushy.
(c) Bagot.
(d) Green.
2. Who stops the duel as it begins?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Richard.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) The Duchess of Gloucester.
3. What does Bolingbroke claim to be his intentions for invading England?
(a) All of the above.
(b) To destroy Richard's monarchy.
(c) To rule England.
(d) To reclaim his inheritance.
4. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Uncle and nephew.
5. Who speaks first in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Richard.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) Bushy.
6. Who announces Gaunt's death?
(a) Richard.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) York.
(d) Bushy.
7. Who in Ireland is worrying Richard in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Vikings.
8. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Gloucestershire.
(b) London.
(c) Ravenspurgh.
(d) Berkeley.
9. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Sheffield.
10. "More welcome is the stroke of death to me than Bolingbroke to England." Who says this?
(a) Richard.
(b) York.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Green.
11. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) "Ah, Richard! With the eyes of heavy mind."
(b) "And crossly to thy good all fortune goes."
(c) "I see thy glory like a shooting star."
(d) "Witnessing storms to come, woe and unrest."
12. Who tells of Bolingbroke's arrival in England?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) Bagot.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Green.
13. Where does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Ireland.
(c) London.
(d) Wales.
14. Which of the following is not one of the prophecies alarming the characters of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Meteors.
(b) The moon looks bloody.
(c) Endless rain.
(d) Ruffians dancing.
15. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "As much good stay with thee as go with me."
(b) "Desolate, desolate will I hence and die."
(c) "The last leave of thee takes my weeping eye."
(d) "To God, the widow's champion and defence."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Woodstock?
2. Why is Richard confused about Gaunt's reaction towards Bolingbroke's sentence?
3. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?
4. What do the characters decide to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 4?
5. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?
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