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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 Henry Bolingbroke?
(a) Landowner on the banks of Wye.
(b) King Henry IV.
(c) Bolingbroke of Trent.
(d) Leader of the rebellion.

2. Whose house does Hotspur meet at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The General's.
(b) TheSorcerer's.
(c) The Archdeacon's.
(d) The Pope's.

3. How does the style of writing change in the second scene?
(a) Written in prose.
(b) Full of nature references.
(c) Bawdy and risque.
(d) Written in a Cockney accent.

4. What does Shakespeare call the King's followers?
(a) Retinue.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Troops.
(d) Train.

5. What does the Prince say he will do on the battlefield?
(a) Unite England.
(b) Trade reputations with Hotspur.
(c) Restore peace and honor.
(d) Defeat the Scots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a prisoner of Henry Percy's?

2. Why is Worcester so angry about the accusations against him?

3. What does Falstaff say is his vocation?

4. Who is Poins?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the King say to Worcester when he comes to the camp, and how does he respond?

2. Why does Prince Hal pardon Douglas?

3. Why does Worcester think the King has such animosity towards their family and how do they plan to protect themselves?

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

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

6. What part does the Archbishop of York have in the rebellion?

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

8. When the Percy family meets with Mortimer and Glendower in Wales why are they looking at a map?

9. Why can Mortimer and his new wife, the daughter of Glendower, not communicate?

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

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