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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears to save the King from certain death?
(a) Sir John of Lancaster.
(b) Westmoreland.
(c) Sir John Falstaff.
(d) Prince of Wales.

2. What are Hotspur's last words?
(a) Within this span-.
(b) Here lie I down.
(c) And food for-.
(d) Goodbye cruel world.

3. What does Falstaff ask Bardolph to get him as his soldiers march to Sutton?
(a) Maps of the area.
(b) Steel tipped sword.
(c) Bottle of Sack.
(d) More money from the King.

4. Why does Worcester not want to tell Hotspur about the offer of pardon?
(a) He wants to fight.
(b) He knows they will be punished in another way.
(c) He is afraid Hotspur will accept.
(d) He does not believe the King.

5. In Act 4, Scene 4, what is the Archbishop sending out?
(a) Letters to those who might support the rebels.
(b) Political deals to small landowners.
(c) Complaints to his priests and bishops.
(d) Mail to relatives he longs to see.

6. What does the King call Worcester when he first arrives?
(a) A traitor.
(b) A rebel.
(c) An old friend.
(d) A soldier.

7. Who picked Falstaff's pockets?
(a) Mistress Quickly.
(b) Francis.
(c) No one, it is his imagination.
(d) Prince Hal.

8. What does the mistress do after the truth of the robbery is made known?
(a) Leaves the scene.
(b) Demands the money.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Pours more beer.

9. What does the Prince offer to do to save lives?
(a) Lead the battle himself.
(b) Write a treaty.
(c) Battle Hotspur alone.
(d) Give his heirship to Hotspur.

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

11. How has King Henry IV treated Hotspur's father, Northumberland?
(a) Gave him the illness that he suffers now.
(b) As a brother to be honored and revered.
(c) Dismissed Northumberland from the royal court.
(d) Renamed him Bard of Umbertown, an insult.

12. Who is concerned about Northumberland not coming to the battle?
(a) Worcester.
(b) Archibald.
(c) Hotspur.
(d) Mortimer.

13. What does the trumpet sound out?
(a) The battle is over and done.
(b) Sneak attack by the King.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Parley as a messenger comes from the King to the rebels.

14. What has Westmoreland been held by the rebels for?
(a) Safe return of Worcester and Vernon.
(b) Prisoner of war.
(c) Spying.
(d) Treachery and Betrayal.

15. Who is the Archbishop sending letters to?
(a) The allies.
(b) The King.
(c) A council of priests.
(d) Hotspur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Blunt?

2. What has Prince Hal done for Falstaff?

3. How many men are in the King's army?

4. What city are Falstaff and Bardolph near at the beginning of Act 4?

5. Who throws defiance down before the King to start the Battle of Shrewsbury?

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