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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?
(a) Proud.
(b) High.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Mighty.

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

3. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?
(a) As his civic duty.
(b) As a time to find a wife.
(c) As a time to grow as a man.
(d) As a pleasurable journey.

4. Who speaks first in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Richard.
(b) The Duke of York.
(c) Bushy.
(d) The Queen.

5. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He is devastated.
(b) He hopes to seize Gaunt's property.
(c) He hopes to marry Gaunt's wife.
(d) He hopes Bolingbroke does not learn of the news, upsetting him in his exile.

6. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That his wife is going to leave him.
(b) That Richard will ignore him.
(c) That Mowbray is going to try to kill him.
(d) That Bolingbroke is confronting very harsh conditions in his exile.

7. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?
(a) Seeing his cousin banished from England.
(b) Knowing his cousin's father would soon die.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The wind.

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

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

10. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) His sickness.
(b) His name.
(c) His wife's cooking.
(d) His son's exile.

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

12. Who is the first character to speak in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Richard.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Captain.

13. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Sheffield.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Cardiff.

14. Who is upset over Richard's absence in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Bushy.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Green.
(d) The Duke of York.

15. How many gold coins does Bolingbroke accuse Mowbray of withholding from the army?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bolingbroke send a message to in Act 3, Scene 1 that he has no ill-will towards?

2. Who stops the duel as it begins?

3. Who is Gaunt alluding to have killed the Duke of Gloucester as he speaks alone with the Duchess?

4. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?

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