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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts the King to stop all of his previous plans at the beginning of the play?
(a) A threatening message from Glendower.
(b) Word of the lack of money in the treasury.
(c) News that his son is sick.
(d) News that Mortimer was defeated.

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

3. What does Gadshill promise his informant after the robbery?
(a) Protection.
(b) A share in the loot.
(c) Rent money.
(d) A new horse.

4. Who has made the arrangements for the robbery?
(a) Gadshill.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Prince Hal.
(d) Falstaff.

5. Who has the Prince lost the respect of according to the King?
(a) The King.
(b) The People.
(c) The Court.
(d) The Queen.

6. Where does the King say the next council will be held and when?
(a) A fortnight from Friday at the Bishop's copse.
(b) The following winter in Exeter.
(c) Wednesday next at Windsor.
(d) Sunday morning on the battlefield.

7. What does this Inn in Rochester have that bites?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Bees.
(c) Mean customers.
(d) Fleas.

8. Who does the King call a true industrious friend?
(a) Sir Walter Blunt.
(b) Glendower.
(c) Hotspur.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

9. Who is Glendower's daughter married to?
(a) Falstaff's son.
(b) Peto.
(c) Hotspur.
(d) Mortimer.

10. What does Poins steal from Falstaff?
(a) His sword.
(b) His purse.
(c) His cloak.
(d) His horse.

11. What is the King's attitude towards the Prince of Wales when the Prince returns to the Royal Court?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Grateful that he is back.
(c) Horrified and Angry.
(d) Excited to have the Prince lead the troops.

12. Why is the young Henry Percy nicknamed Hotspur?
(a) Hotspur means "he who rides well".
(b) He was born in mid-summer.
(c) He has a hot temper.
(d) His voice is very loud and abrasive.

13. What are the skies filled with when Glendower is born?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Fire.
(c) Black birds.
(d) Dark clouds.

14. Who is it that actually takes Falstaff's stolen booty?
(a) Gadskill.
(b) Highwaymen.
(c) Prince and Poins.
(d) Sheriff's men.

15. What does the King want his son to explain about his recent, errant behavior?
(a) What he plans to do with his life.
(b) Why he hangs out with lowlife people in bars.
(c) Why he won't marry Glendower's daughter.
(d) When he is going to claim the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has taken the Prince's place on the council?

2. Who is the father of Hotspur?

3. What Roman god does the King compare Hotspur to?

4. What does Falstaff ask when he first enters the Prince's apartment?

5. What fault is pointed out to Hotspur at the beginning of Act 3?

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