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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who identifies Blunt's dead body?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Hotspur.
(c) Worcester.
(d) The Prince.

2. Who challenges Hotspur to combat before the battle?
(a) Falstaff.
(b) Blunt.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The King.

3. When does Falstaff hope to arrive at the battle?
(a) At the later end of the fray.
(b) Before the first arrow is shot.
(c) In time to see the front lines meet.
(d) At break of day.

4. Why does Hotspur's father not come to the battle at Shrewsbury?
(a) He claims he is sick.
(b) He's been killed by Glouster.
(c) Hotspur's father is extremely old.
(d) His father is a traitor.

5. Who is with the Prince when he enters the tavern after being called away?
(a) Peto.
(b) Poins.
(c) Bardolph.
(d) Bliss.

6. What does Sir Walter Blunt bring from the King?
(a) A letter of apology.
(b) An offer of pardon for the rebels and their men.
(c) Strong words of condemnation.
(d) Invitation to meet on the battlefield at once.

7. Where do the ragged soldiers find shirts to wear?
(a) They will go without shirts.
(b) From those who fall in battle.
(c) On the hedge where the linen is put to dry.
(d) Falstaff will purchase shirts in Saint Albans.

8. In Act 4, Scene 3, when does Hotspur want to attack the king?
(a) Tonight.
(b) He wants the king to attack first.
(c) In several weeks time.
(d) Never, he seeks peace.

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

10. Who kills Hotspur?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The King.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Falstaff.

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

12. What does Falstaff ask the mistress of the tavern when the Prince is not with him?
(a) If she knows where his purse is.
(b) If she has considered his offer.
(c) If she has found out who stole his money.
(d) If she has received the money the Prince was to send.

13. What does the second messenger bring to Hotspur just before battle?
(a) His horse.
(b) News that the King has retreated.
(c) News that the King comes forth.
(d) A glass of mead.

14. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3 Falstaff is worried about what?
(a) Becoming too thin.
(b) Losing at cards.
(c) Having smallpox.
(d) Going to war.

15. What does Douglas name Hotspur?
(a) Fire Warrior.
(b) Bringer of Bains.
(c) King of Honor.
(d) Sword bearer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hotspur look for on the battlefield?

2. What does Falstaff ask Bardolph to get him as his soldiers march to Sutton?

3. How does the playwright list the Archbishop under the Dramatis Personae?

4. What is the emblem of the Prince of Wales?

5. What is Falstaff doing when he is robbed?

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