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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Falstaff ask to cheer him up when he is in the tavern without the Prince?
(a) Bardolph.
(b) Poins.
(c) Peto.
(d) Francis.

2. Who nearly defeats the King in battle?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Worcester.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Hotspur.

3. How has King Henry IV treated Hotspur's father, Northumberland?
(a) Renamed him Bard of Umbertown, an insult.
(b) Gave him the illness that he suffers now.
(c) As a brother to be honored and revered.
(d) Dismissed Northumberland from the royal court.

4. How does Northumberland let Hotspur know that he will not be coming to battle?
(a) He sends a coded epistle.
(b) He sends a messenger.
(c) He comes himself.
(d) He writes a letter.

5. What Roman god does Vernon describe the Prince of Wales as?
(a) Mars.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Mercury.

6. Who is to bring the counter-offer to the King?
(a) Hotspur.
(b) Blunt.
(c) Henry Percy.
(d) Worcester.

7. Who pledges to kill the King in battle?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Worcester.
(c) Vernon.
(d) Hotspur.

8. Who throws defiance down before the King to start the Battle of Shrewsbury?
(a) Falstaff.
(b) Prince Hal.
(c) Westmoreland.
(d) Douglas.

9. Where do the ragged soldiers find shirts to wear?
(a) Falstaff will purchase shirts in Saint Albans.
(b) From those who fall in battle.
(c) On the hedge where the linen is put to dry.
(d) They will go without shirts.

10. In Act 4, Scene 3, when does Hotspur want to attack the king?
(a) Tonight.
(b) In several weeks time.
(c) He wants the king to attack first.
(d) Never, he seeks peace.

11. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3 Falstaff is worried about what?
(a) Going to war.
(b) Becoming too thin.
(c) Losing at cards.
(d) Having smallpox.

12. What does the Archbishop fear a rebel defeat at Shrewsbury will mean for him personally?
(a) France will see an opening in the chaos of England's battles.
(b) The King will discover the Archbishop's confederacy with the rebels.
(c) God will judge the King harshly for the murder of Richard II.
(d) The King will be killed and Hotspur will ascend to the throne.

13. What does the Prince compliment about Hotspur's nature?
(a) His leadership.
(b) His intellect.
(c) His pride.
(d) His daring.

14. Who brings an offer from the King to Hotspur?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Falstaff.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) The Prince.

15. Where does the Archbishop live?
(a) Bath.
(b) Essex.
(c) York.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picked Falstaff's pockets?

2. What does Prince Henry ask Falstaff to give him during battle?

3. How does Vernon describe the Prince of Wales in his armor?

4. What is Falstaff sent off to gather up?

5. According to the King, what time of day is it in Act 5, Scene 1?

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