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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Pistol bids his wife farewell, he tells her to let what appear?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Housewifery.
(d) Their unborn child.

2. Hostess Quickly believes that Sir John Falstaff is not in hell, but in the bosom of __________.
(a) Arthur.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Mother Mary.
(d) God.

3. What does Alice tell Katherine when she pronounces "neck" as "nick" and "chin" as "sin"?
(a) That she pronounces the words as well as English natives.
(b) To stop wasting her time and stick with French.
(c) Not to worry, because she can always hire interpreters.
(d) That she needs to pay closer attention to how the words are pronounced.

4. What words from Alice's lesson does Katherine consider too vulgar to speak before the gentlemen of France?
(a) Arm and elbow.
(b) Nick and sin.
(c) Fingre and nails.
(d) Foot and count.

5. What is the battle cry Henry gives his men?
(a) God have mercy because we will not!
(b) Pour le Roi et pour la France!
(c) Huzzah!
(d) God for Harry, England, and Saint George!

Short Answer Questions

1. The chorus compares England's response to the war to a person with a "little body" and __________.

2. How did Hostess Quickly determine that Falstaff was near death?

3. After Henry responds to the Dauphin's insulting gesture by declaring war, the chorus states that "all the youth of England are" in what state of mind and doing what?

4. What does the chorus, somewhat embarrassed, say will have to represent the battle on the stage?

5. King Henry implores his army that if they do not go unto the breach once more, then they should close up the walls of the city with what?

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