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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the English respond to the French's offer of marriage of Katherine to Henry and Katherine's dowry?
(a) The offer is accepted and Henry sends ambassadors to Paris to negotiate a treaty.
(b) Henry says he can find a wife in England, but he will accept the dowry.
(c) The offer is rejected and cannons begin firing on the town.
(d) Henry says he will have to meet Katherine before making a decision.

2. To whom is Hostess Nell Quickly married?
(a) Sir John Falstaff.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Bardolph.
(d) Nym.

3. What does Canterbury say Henry had once been addicted to?
(a) Lusty wenches.
(b) Ale.
(c) Courses vain.
(d) Sot weed.

4. Which part of the body does the chorus mention when he says, "We'll not offend one __________ with our play"?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Brain.
(c) Heart.
(d) Nose.

5. What color does Hostess Quickly say Falstaff did not like?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Carnation.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ely compares King Henry's development to the growth of what type of fruit?

2. Hostess Quickly believes that Sir John Falstaff is not in hell, but in the bosom of __________.

3. Hostess Quickly states that she "cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen" without it being thought she is running ___________.

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

5. As Pistol bids his wife farewell, he tells her to let what appear?

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