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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people wearing the king's coats does Douglas kill?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 55.
(d) 14.

2. What letters does Bardolph take from Prince Hal?
(a) Letters to his mother and sisters.
(b) Letters to John and the Earl of Westmorland.
(c) Letters of introduction and support.
(d) Letters to his father, the King.

3. Who kills Blunt?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Hotspur.
(d) Worcester.

4. What does Worcester say the King did not express during their meeting?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Intelligence.

5. What does the King hope the messenger will agree to?
(a) Surrender fully and be taken prisoner.
(b) Meet on the battle field at full tilt.
(c) Move the battle to a more level place.
(d) Unknit the churlish knot of war.

6. Who has Hotspur sent from the rebel camp to meet with the King?
(a) Worcester and Vernon.
(b) Sir John and Francis.
(c) Archbishop of York.
(d) Lady Percy and Lady Mortimer.

7. Why does Worcester hesitate to offer the King's pardon to Hotspur?
(a) He wants to fight and kill.
(b) Hotspur needs battle experience.
(c) Hotspur must be sacrificed through battle.
(d) Worcester doesn't trust Henry IV.

8. Why does Sir Michael believe the rebel forces will win at the Battle of Shrewsbury?
(a) Because Douglas and Mortimer are there.
(b) The King is overconfident and will make mistakes.
(c) The rebels will rule the day for they are in the right.
(d) God is on the side of the rebels.

9. How many men are in the King's army?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 30,000.

10. What is unusual about the last two lines Falstaff utters in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He is speaking in iambic pentameter blank verse.
(b) He sings the lines.
(c) Falstaff is being quite serious.
(d) The two lines are nonsensical.

11. Who calls Falstaff's men beggars?
(a) The Prince.
(b) Bardolph.
(c) The King.
(d) Himself.

12. Who tries to convince Hotspur to wait before going into battle?
(a) Northumberland.
(b) Glendower.
(c) Worcester.
(d) Douglas.

13. Why is Prince Henry asked to withdraw from battle?
(a) He is the heir.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He must deliver a message.
(d) He is young.

14. How many men are marching with Lancaster?
(a) 700.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 500.

15. Where does Act 4, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Westminster Cathedral.
(b) The palace of the Archbishop.
(c) York Castle.
(d) Shrewsbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person telling Hotspur about Lancaster say he heard the Prince compare himself to?

2. Who does the Archbishop give letters to?

3. What does the Prince compliment about Hotspur's nature?

4. What is the relationship of Sir John of Lancaster and Prince of Wales?

5. What is the family relationship between Hotspur and Vernon?

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