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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the King so angry with Mortimer?
(a) He retreated from battle.
(b) He did not fight valiantly.
(c) He has run from his post.
(d) He changed his loyalty.

2. Who does Richard II proclaim as next in line for the throne?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Richard III.
(c) Hotspur.
(d) Prince Hal.

3. Who tells Hotspur that Lancaster is marching towards them?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Peto.
(c) Angus.
(d) Vernon.

4. Hotspur refers to "Bolingbroke." Who does he mean?
(a) Prince Hal.
(b) Himself.
(c) King Henry IV.
(d) Worcester.

5. How does Vernon describe the Prince of Wales in his armor?
(a) Amongst the men, a leader rising up.
(b) All decked in gold and shining as the sun.
(c) Astride a stallion riding like the wind.
(d) As if an angel dropped down from the clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Falstaff and the thieves do to the travelers?

2. How is Mortimer related to Hotspur?

3. What does Falstaff do when he is attacked after the robbery?

4. What Roman god does Vernon describe the Prince of Wales as?

5. Why does Hotspur's father not come to the battle at Shrewsbury?

(see the answer key)

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