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

2. What are the prophecies discussed in Act 2, Scene 4 supposed to forewarn?
(a) The king is dead.
(b) England is to be overthrown.
(c) The war is doomed.
(d) There will be a plague.

3. Who is Bolingbroke's father?
(a) Lord Ross.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Sir Henry Green.
(d) Earl of Northumberland.

4. : For what day is the duel set?
(a) Guy Fawkes Day.
(b) The Summer Solstice.
(c) Saint Lambert's Day.
(d) Christmas Eve.

5. What was Mowbray supposed to be doing with Richard's uncle when he died?
(a) Accompany him while traveling.
(b) Showing him the courtyards.
(c) Guarding him.
(d) Practicing to duel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duchess of Gloucester's purpose in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What do Northumberland, Ross, and Willoughby discuss after Richard leaves Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Who is prisoner in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bushy, Bagot, and Green's different plans at the end of Act 2, Scene 2.

2. Who is Bolingbroke looking for in Act 5, Scene 3? Describe what you know of this person.

3. How is Act 1, Scene 1 different after the revelations of Scene 2?

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

5. Who is arriving at Ravenspurgh in Act 2, Scene 2? What does this mean?

6. Summarize Gaunt's conversation with Richard before he dies.

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

8. What does Exton say Bolingbroke spoke twice in Act 5, Scene 4?

9. How does York meet Bolingbroke at Berkley Castle?

10. Which other scene in the play is Act 4, Scene 1 most comparable to? Why?

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