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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. What is the "Wild of Kent?"

2. Who gives the king news about Mortimer?

3. Which horse does Hotspur want to ride?

4. Who teases Falstaff about being fat in the second scene?

5. What does Falstaff say is his vocation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lady Percy upset about when she confronts Hotspur?

2. Who is the better swordsman, King Henry or the Prince of Wales?

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

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

5. How does Shakespeare set the scene for the morning of battle?

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

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

8. Does Prince Hal want to regain his father's good graces?

9. How does Act 2, Scene 2 begin?

10. What happens when Bardolph enters the scene for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the style of writing which Shakespeare uses in the first scene of the play? Using examples from the text show what pattern the writing takes. How many syllables/feet are in each line? What feeling does this type of writing give this scene?

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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