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

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

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

4. Who stops the duel as it begins?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Richard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bolingbroke's title now that Gaunt is dead?

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

3. Who is Northumberland's son?

4. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Captain think Richard is dead?

2. Summarize Bushy and Greens' final moments.

3. What is the major revelation of Act 1, Scene 4?

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

5. Why doesn't Richard trust Bolingbroke's relationship with the people of England?

6. Who in Act 2, Scene 4 tries to persuade the other to remain waiting for Richard? Why?

7. How long have the Captain and Salisbury been waiting for Richard? Have they heard from them? Who else is waiting with them?

8. What do Richard and the Queen seem to be more pained by: losing the monarchy or each other? Why?

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

10. Why is the Duke of York not supportive of Bolingbroke's revolution?

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