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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 do the carriers have?
(a) Time to spare.
(b) A map of London.
(c) Chimney sweeps.
(d) Turkeys, bacon, and ginger.

2. Who is "The Douglas?"
(a) Scottish Clan Chief, Archibald, Earl of Douglass.
(b) Mortimer Douglas, ally of the Percy family.
(c) Entire Douglass clan of Glendower.
(d) Welsh Noble Lord, Ralston, Head of Douglass Fen.

3. What does the King want his son to explain about his recent, errant behavior?
(a) Why he hangs out with lowlife people in bars.
(b) When he is going to claim the throne.
(c) What he plans to do with his life.
(d) Why he won't marry Glendower's daughter.

4. What is the atmosphere in the kingdom as the play starts?
(a) Civil war is at hand.
(b) Excited at the prospect of a general election.
(c) Prosperity and plenty.
(d) Peace and light.

5. What does the King fear that the Prince has lost?
(a) His princely privilege.
(b) A strong morality.
(c) Years of learning and study.
(d) The trust of the nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shakespeare call the King's followers?

2. How many of Mortimer's men are killed in the battle against Glendower?

3. When the rebels win, how do they plan to split the kingdom?

4. Who goes first to Shrewsbury?

5. What plan has the king been unable to enact at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the King send Worcester and Vernon to be executed?

2. What does the King say he is envious of at the beginning of the book, and why?

3. What is the letter Hotspur is reading in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. What does Prince Henry give Douglas when he is captured after the battle?

5. What does Worcester want to do with the Scottish prisoners?

6. What does Falstaff tell the Prince after speaking with the nobleman sent by the King?

7. Why is the Archbishop so fearful of Hotspur failing in his cause?

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

9. What style of writing is Act 1, Scene 2 presented in?

10. What is Prince Hal's thinking in terms of his eventual return to court life?

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