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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King Henry do when Worcester explains why he is angry?
(a) Puts him in irons.
(b) Asks him to remain calm.
(c) Sends him away.
(d) Apologizes.

2. When the King meets with Hotspur, what does he say has grown thin?
(a) His alliegance.
(b) His morale.
(c) His patience.
(d) His power.

3. What plan has the king been unable to enact at the beginning of the play?
(a) A Holy Land Crusade.
(b) An establishment of a University.
(c) A peace treaty.
(d) An assault on France's allies.

4. Who does the King wish was his true son?
(a) Hotspur, the young Henry Percy.
(b) Saint John.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Sir Walter Blunt.

5. What is the King weary of at the beginning of the play?
(a) His son's disrespect.
(b) Civil War.
(c) A lack of taxes.
(d) Attacks from France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the King envious of at the beginning of the book?

2. What is a buff jerkin?

3. Who does the King call a true industrious friend?

4. What was Hotspur doing when he was approached by a well-dressed man on the battlefield?

5. Why is the young Henry Percy nicknamed Hotspur?

(see the answer key)

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