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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who addresses Bolingbroke as "Lord Hereford" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) York.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Sir Pierce of Exton.
(d) Berkeley.

2. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?
(a) It would be forfeiting their honor.
(b) They have both sworn to God they would seek vengeance.
(c) Both have not shared everything they are upset over.
(d) They have had a rivalry since childhood.

3. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?
(a) He believes God will properly judge who is guilty.
(b) He is the one who has killed the Duke.
(c) He has put the tragedy behind him, and is trying to move on with his life.
(d) He is in love with the Duchess.

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

5. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) London.
(b) Cardiff.
(c) Coventry.
(d) Bordeaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

2. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?

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

4. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

5. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens immediately preceding the official start of the duel?

2. Whose power seems to be stronger as of Act 2, Scene 3: Richard's or Bolingbroke's?

3. How long is Bolingbroke banished for and how does this change? Why? Why is Gaunt still upset?

4. Who is sent to meet with Richard inside Flint Castle? What happens?

5. What is the overall mood of Act 2, Scene 2?

6. How does Act 5, Scene 5 end?

7. How both Richard and Bolingbroke speak in Act 1, Scene 4? What is different about their speech habits from before?

8. How is Richard going to dismantle the finances of England to pay for his war in Ireland?

9. How does York meet Bolingbroke at Berkley Castle?

10. What is the Queen doing in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4? What changes this behavior?

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