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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Falstaff call the travelers?
(a) Writers of tall tales.
(b) Miners of no great worth.
(c) Window-less, mind-less, blank chumps.
(d) Bacon-fed, fat chuffs, gorebellied knaves.

2. Where does Act 2, Scene 2 take place?
(a) In the market.
(b) In the palace.
(c) On a highway.
(d) In a tavern.

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

4. What is the atmosphere in the kingdom as the play starts?
(a) Peace and light.
(b) Excited at the prospect of a general election.
(c) Civil war is at hand.
(d) Prosperity and plenty.

5. Who are the characters in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Family members of the court.
(b) Sheriff's deputies.
(c) Religious pilgrims.
(d) Common folk and laborers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Falstaff say the Prince has done to win Falstaff's love?

2. What does the ostler do?

3. What is "Charles' wain?"

4. Who is Sir John Paunch?

5. When the King meets with Hotspur, what does he say has grown thin?

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