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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Falstaff think will convince the Prince to help him with the robbery?

2. Who is Sir John of Gaunt?

3. Where does the beginning of Act 2 take place?

4. Who does King Henry compare himself to while scolding his son?

5. Who is the first character of the play to enter and speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Prince ask Falstaff for during the battle, and what does Falstaff give him?

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

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

4. What is the prank that Poins has played on Falstaff just before the robbery?

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

6. What does the offer from the King to Hotspur contain?

7. What does Mortimer complain about after Glendower leaves, and why?

8. What does Mortimer's wife say and do when she comes into the room with Glendower?

9. What is the plan Worcester has begun to formulate for rebellion?

10. How does Hotspur respond to Prince Hal's offer to meet him solo on the battlefield?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character study of Prince Hal. What is his relationship to the King? To Falstaff? What stage of his life is he in? What happens to his character over the life of this play? Does he become more himself or does he abandon his true self when he returns to his royal personage?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Power and Greed were two common themes in this book. Where did they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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