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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fallstaff send Bardolph to purchase at the beginning of Act 4?

2. Who appears to save the King from certain death?

3. Who is to bring the counter-offer to the King?

4. What do the rebels estimate the size of the King's army to be?

5. Who tries to convince Hotspur to wait before going into battle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most interesting aspects of Henry IV, Part 1 is the mixture of comedy and serious action. Looking at the overall action of the play, what is the effect if this mixture? Why would Shakespeare put so much comedy into a fairly serious tale about historical battles and power struggles? Does comedy allow the playwright to comment in a different way about honor? War? Struggle?

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

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?

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