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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?
(a) Bagot.
(b) Green.
(c) Richard.
(d) Lord Aumerle.

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

3. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Twenty years.

4. What are the prophecies discussed in Act 2, Scene 4 supposed to forewarn?
(a) There will be a plague.
(b) England is to be overthrown.
(c) The king is dead.
(d) The war is doomed.

5. What is the biggest concern in Act 2, Scene 2 regarding the war in Ireland?
(a) Defeating the rebels.
(b) The fact that the war is on Irish soil, and not at home.
(c) The weather is miserable and men are dying of illness.
(d) Paying for it.

6. How does York regard Bolingbroke's acting against the king?
(a) Repulsive.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Unlawful.
(d) Unnecessary.

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

8. "The king reposeth all his confidence in thee." Who says this?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Captain.
(d) Salisbury.

9. What is the major concern of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) There are rumors afloat Richard has been taken prisoner.
(b) The Queen is beginning to go insane.
(c) Richard has not returned from Ireland.
(d) The army is running out of food.

10. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A chapel.
(b) An orchard.
(c) Gaunt's house.
(d) Windsor Castle.

11. Who invites Bolingbroke to stay at Berkley Castle?
(a) York.
(b) Lord Berkley.
(c) Ross.
(d) Willoughby.

12. Who is Bolingbroke's father?
(a) Lord Ross.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Earl of Northumberland.
(d) Sir Henry Green.

13. What was Mowbray supposed to be doing with Richard's uncle when he died?
(a) Practicing to duel.
(b) Accompany him while traveling.
(c) Showing him the courtyards.
(d) Guarding him.

14. Which characters are in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Salisbury, Captain, and Lord Marshall.
(b) Salisbury and Captain.
(c) Salisbury, Berkley, and five sergeants.
(d) None of these is correct.

15. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at Bristow Castle in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Who is the first to speak in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Who does the Servant announce has died in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. How many lines are in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. Which nation does York refer to as he discusses vanity?

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