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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does the chorus NOT use to describe the stage?
(a) Scaffold.
(b) Wooden.
(c) Arena.
(d) Cockpit.

2. Hostess Quickly offers to bring her husband to what location?
(a) France.
(b) Staines.
(c) Southampton.
(d) London.

3. What is the boy's urgent message that diverts Nym and Pistol from their duel?
(a) His master is ill and he wants Pistol and Hostess to come immediately.
(b) King Henry needs to see them right away.
(c) French troops have launched a counter invasion and will be in London in a few hours.
(d) He has heard of an assassination plot against the king.

4. What gift of athletic equipment, intended to be taken as an insult, does the Dauphin send King Henry?
(a) Left-handed golf clubs.
(b) Lacrosse sticks from the New World.
(c) A canoe with a hole in the bottom.
(d) Tennis balls.

5. What does Ely say regarding the transformation in King Henry?
(a) He now has a holier-than-thou attitude.
(b) We are blessed.
(c) It was a long time coming.
(d) He used to be more fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chorus, what is the French response to the impending war?

2. In the Prologue, the chorus refers to King Henry by what nickname?

3. The chorus tells the audience that in the absence of the king and the army, England will be guarded by the following groups of people except for:

4. Henry states that during peacetime, nothing is more becoming to a man than __________.

5. Canterbury urges King Henry to look to his great uncle, who had once defeated the French, for strength. What is the name of Henry's great uncle?

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