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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Gadshill about the travellers with the money?
(a) The carriers.
(b) The tavern mistress.
(c) The ostler.
(d) The Chamberlain.

2. What is it that carries Hotspur away?
(a) His horse.
(b) His anger at his wife.
(c) The murder of Richard II?
(d) A need to dominate the battlefield.

3. What does the King scold his son for?
(a) His bad speech.
(b) His poor appearance.
(c) His bad behavior.
(d) His poor marks in school.

4. What time is the "first cock?"
(a) Dusk.
(b) Six a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

5. Who is the first character of the play to enter and speak?
(a) King Henry IV.
(b) Falstaff.
(c) Mortimer's wife.
(d) Chamberlain Percy.

6. How do the robbers stop the travelers from fighting?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Pretend to be friendly.
(c) Bind them.
(d) Knock them unconscious.

7. What does Falstaff call the Prince as he leaves the apartment?
(a) A false friend.
(b) A false thief.
(c) A false Prince.
(d) A false companion.

8. What does the King demand of Prince Hal?
(a) To report to court next morning.
(b) A return to his studies at school.
(c) The stolen money.
(d) Leadership of the King's army.

9. Why is Hotspur's wife worried about him?
(a) He seems distracted and obsessed with battle.
(b) Hotspur is rarely at home.
(c) Hotspur is unfaithful to her.
(d) Her husband has run out of funds to pay the servants.

10. What prank has Poins played in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Thrown Falstaff in the cold river.
(b) Taken Falstaff's clothing.
(c) Stolen Falstaff's horse.
(d) Tied Falstaff's boot laces together.

11. How does the style of writing change in the second scene?
(a) Written in prose.
(b) Written in a Cockney accent.
(c) Bawdy and risque.
(d) Full of nature references.

12. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) King's palace in Exeter.
(b) Falstaff's hideaway.
(c) Wales Plains.
(d) Prince's lodging in London.

13. What angers the King most about Henry Percy?
(a) His power.
(b) His disloyalty.
(c) His cunning.
(d) His pride.

14. Why do the carriers keep calling for the Ostler?
(a) They want to get their horses and go.
(b) The Ostler has a large lantern.
(c) They want more beer.
(d) The Ostler has their baggage.

15. What relationship does Westmoreland have with the King?
(a) The King's eldest son.
(b) Money-bearer for the kingdom.
(c) A close and trusted advisor.
(d) Leader of parliament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Prince think Henry Percy fights for?

2. What does the chamberlain tell the carriers?

3. Who is Phoebus?

4. Who goes first to Shrewsbury?

5. What does Falstaff do to support his false story?

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