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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bolingbroke put in charge of escorting the prisoners away?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Green.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) York.

2. Where was the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Parliament.
(c) Alexandra Palace.
(d) Windsor Castle.

3. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) The Duke of Aumerle.
(d) Richard.

4. Which character officially swears in Mowbray and Bolingbroke at the duel?
(a) Lord Marshal.
(b) Richard.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Duke Aumerle.

5. Who is the last to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Ross.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) York.

6. What is the last line of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) "With letters of your love to her at large."
(b) "And plague injustice with the pains of hell."
(c) "Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away."
(d) "A while to work, and after holiday."

7. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Family.
(b) Richard.
(c) England.
(d) Life.

8. Who says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Bagot.
(c) Green.
(d) The Duke of York.

9. Where does Bushy inform Richard that Gaunt is in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Coventry.
(b) Ely House.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Thames House.

10. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Gaunt, the Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) Richard, the Queen.
(c) Gaunt, Bolingbroke.
(d) Lord Marshall, the Duke Aumerle.

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

12. What is Bolingbroke's title now that Gaunt is dead?
(a) The Duke of Kent.
(b) Lord Aumerle.
(c) Sir Henry of Wales.
(d) Lord Lancaster.

13. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Richard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

3. How does Bolingbroke justify executing the prisoners?

4. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who has the longest speech in Act 3, Scene 1?

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