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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the uncle of Hotspur?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Prince Hal.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Worcester.

2. What has young Percy done which vexes the King?
(a) Refused to release his prisoners.
(b) Made a great deal of money.
(c) Taken land which the King once owned.
(d) Married the French princess.

3. What is the full title of the play?
(a) The Vaunted Life and Times of Henry.
(b) The History of Henry the Fourth Part One.
(c) Henry IV, Section A.
(d) Henry King of England, Scots and Wales.

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

5. Who is the King envious of at the beginning of the book?
(a) Henry Blunt.
(b) Henry Percy.
(c) Archibald.
(d) Northumberland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King fear his son will do after scolding him?

2. What does Falstaff like to drink?

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

4. What is Sir Blunt's first name?

5. What is Hotspur reading in his castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the King tired of at the beginning of the play, and what does he want to do to stop it?

2. In Act 2, Scene 4 at the tavern, Falstaff goes to deal with the King's messenger and comes back with what message?

3. What is the state of the rebel forces prior to the battle?

4. What does the Prince do when Falstaff falls asleep?

5. When Prince Hal returns to his father's court what does the King say to him?

6. What is the actual plan for the robbery?

7. What does Worcester tell young Hotspur when he returns from his conversation in the King's camp?

8. How does Shakespeare cue the audience as to where a scene, such as Hotspur at Warkworth Castle, is taking place?

9. Why does Prince Hal say that he has Shirley, Stafford and Blunt in his arms as he fights Douglas?

10. What are the three parts which the Archbishop has suggested England be divided into?

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