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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Prince Henry asked to withdraw from battle?
(a) He is young.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He must deliver a message.
(d) He is the heir.

2. How many men ride with the Earl of Westmoreland?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 5.

3. What is the previous relationship of the King and the rebels?
(a) Irishmen who had immigrated together.
(b) Bitter adversaries in the 30 Years War.
(c) Cousins in the same family.
(d) Comrades in the fight against Richard II.

4. What interrupts the argument when Hotspur wants to go to battle without waiting?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A drum beat.
(c) A messenger.
(d) Thunder.

5. What does Falstaff claim the pickpocket took?
(a) Money and his grandfather's seal ring.
(b) The cash he stole from the travelers.
(c) His reputation.
(d) A flask of sack.

6. What does the trumpet sound out?
(a) Parley as a messenger comes from the King to the rebels.
(b) The battle is over and done.
(c) Sneak attack by the King.
(d) Surrender.

7. Who does Hotspur want the King to ransom when the offer is sent by the King?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) The Prince.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Glendower.

8. What ethnic background is Douglas?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) English.

9. Why does Falstaff say his men are good enough for battle?
(a) They are mortal.
(b) They are loyal.
(c) They are desperate.
(d) They are strong.

10. What does Falstaff say was stolen from him in the tavern?
(a) His purse.
(b) A seal ring.
(c) His journal.
(d) A jewel.

11. What does Sir Walter Blunt bring from the King?
(a) A letter of apology.
(b) An offer of pardon for the rebels and their men.
(c) Invitation to meet on the battlefield at once.
(d) Strong words of condemnation.

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

13. Why is the Archbishop fearful of Hotspur failing?
(a) He was promised a promotion if Hotspur won.
(b) He is in alliance with Hotspur.
(c) His land will be taken away.
(d) He hates the King.

14. Who pretends to die in battle?
(a) Sir John of York.
(b) Sir John Falstaff.
(c) Sir John Blunt.
(d) Sir John of Lancaster.

15. What is unusual about the last two lines Falstaff utters in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The two lines are nonsensical.
(b) Falstaff is being quite serious.
(c) He sings the lines.
(d) He is speaking in iambic pentameter blank verse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Falstaff make upon finding a dead soldier?

2. Why does Falstaff call Mistress Quickly "Dame Partlet?"

3. What does Fallstaff send Bardolph to purchase at the beginning of Act 4?

4. Who is the first person mentioned in the play who is killed on the battlefield?

5. How many men are marching with Lancaster?

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