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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. What is the name of Hotspur's castle?
(a) Warkworth.
(b) Westminster.
(c) Wellington.
(d) Warland.

2. What does Hotspur admit to his wife before he leaves again?
(a) He is divorcing her.
(b) She will be queen.
(c) She is his life.
(d) He loves her.

3. What does Falstaff want to know at the start of Act 1, scene 2?
(a) Where he is.
(b) Where the bar wench has gone to.
(c) What time it is.
(d) What day it is.

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

5. What is the King's attitude towards the Prince of Wales when the Prince returns to the Royal Court?
(a) Excited to have the Prince lead the troops.
(b) Horrified and Angry.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Grateful that he is back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hotspur reading in his castle?

2. What do the carriers want the Ostler to do for them?

3. What is the nickname friends and family call the Prince of Wales?

4. What is Poins first name?

5. What do the characters describe in Act I, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Prince offer to do instead of waging a full battle?

2. What does the King demand of Hotpsur when he allows him and his father to leave the conference?

3. What does Vernon say when he hears of the Prince's offer to single combat?

4. What does Hotspur say when the offer from the King is read?

5. Who is Lord John of Lancaster?

6. What does Blunt report to the King after he is done scolding the Prince?

7. What does Lady Percy ask her husband when she first enters the stage?

8. Why is so much of what Falstaff and Prince Hal are saying unintelligible to modern audiences?

9. Who is Sir John Falstaff?

10. What do the tradesmen make of the inn?

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