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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. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.
2. Who invites Bolingbroke to stay at Berkley Castle?
(a) Ross.
(b) York.
(c) Lord Berkley.
(d) Willoughby.
3. Who addresses Bolingbroke as "Lord Hereford" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Northumberland.
(b) Sir Pierce of Exton.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) York.
4. Which of the following is a quote by Richard in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) "Obedience bids I should not bid again."
(b) "O God defend my soul from such deep sin!"
(c) "We were not born to sue, but to command."
(d) "Mine honour is my life, both grow in one."
5. Where does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Leeds.
(b) London.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?
2. Who is upset over Richard's absence in Act 2, Scene 2?
3. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?
4. Who is Bolingbroke's father?
5. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?
Short Essay Questions
1. What would it seem that Exton is going to do in Act 5, Scene 4?
2. What does the Duchess of Gloucester beg for Gaunt to do in Act 1, Scene 2? How does he respond?
3. What does Mowbray admit to during the feud of the first scene?
4. Who in Act 2, Scene 4 tries to persuade the other to remain waiting for Richard? Why?
5. What are the Duchess and the Duke discussing in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2? What happened in the story?
6. What does Richard announce he will do at the end of Act 2, Scene 1? What do we learn will happen upon his doing so?
7. Summarize Bushy and Greens' final moments.
8. What is Bolingbroke going to do to Bushy and Green in Act 3, Scene 1? What are his reasons for doing so?
9. Describe what happens right before the duel between Mowbray and Bolingbroke is to begin.
10. How is Richard's kingship represented in Act 1, Scene 1?
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