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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are in the King's army?

2. What does Falstaff say his army consists of?

3. Why is the Archbishop fearful of Hotspur failing?

4. Where does the Archbishop live?

5. What does Douglas mean when he says "like Hydra's heads"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hotspur and the Prince are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the overall history that this play is fitting in? Generally four of the history plays are put together, Richard II, Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V. Lay out the history of the forces which clashes through these years of English royal history. Who are the major families involved?

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