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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Though banish'd, yet a true born Englishman." Who says this quote?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Lord Marshal.
(d) Bolingbroke.

2. "What my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove." Who says this?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) Richard.

3. What does Gaunt call Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) "Un-rightful king to no one."
(b) "History's most venomous leader."
(c) "A stain on our England's dress."
(d) "Landlord of England."

4. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?
(a) The Duke of Kent.
(b) The Duke of Lancaster.
(c) Lord Edmonton of Bath.
(d) The Duke of Gloucester.

5. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Berkley.
(b) Cardiff.
(c) Sheffield.
(d) Bristol.

6. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army.
(b) That he killed Gaunt.
(c) That he is going to join Richard in his invasion of Ireland.
(d) That he is secretly planning to assassinate Richard.

7. How long is Mowbray banished from England?
(a) Life.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

8. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Berkeley Castle.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Ireland.

9. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Richard.
(b) Bushy and Bagot.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Green.

10. Who speaks first in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Bushy.
(c) Richard.
(d) The Duke of York.

11. Who is Gaunt alluding to have killed the Duke of Gloucester as he speaks alone with the Duchess?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) Richard.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) The Duke of Aumerle.

12. Who informally swears their allegiance to Bolingbroke in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Percy.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) York.
(d) Ross.

13. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?
(a) Causing Richard to banish Bolingbroke.
(b) They have murdered.
(c) Upset the queen.
(d) Misleading Richard.

14. What is the last line of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) "With letters of your love to her at large."
(b) "Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away."
(c) "And plague injustice with the pains of hell."
(d) "A while to work, and after holiday."

15. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?
(a) "There is no higher evil than Bolingbroke."
(b) "Thou art the midwife to my woe."
(c) "Your news feels of demons ripping my inside."
(d) "What right have you to deliver such agony to the Queen?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?

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

5. How many gold coins does Bolingbroke accuse Mowbray of withholding from the army?

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