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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. Canterbury urges King Henry to divide England into __________ and have __________ go to fight France while the rest stays home to defend against invaders.
(a) Four/one quarter.
(b) Ten/three tenths.
(c) Three/one third.
(d) Two/one half.

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

3. What does King Henry tell Exeter to do with the drunken man who had railed against him the day before?
(a) Pardon him.
(b) Offer him a position at court.
(c) Put him in the stocks in the town square.
(d) Execute him.

4. From where does the chorus ask the audience to imagine that the "well-appointed king" and his fleet embark?
(a) The Straits of Dover.
(b) Hampton pier.
(c) Staines.
(d) Harfleur.

5. Which character from classical mythology does the chorus say fans the streamers of the brave fleet?
(a) Phobos.
(b) Phoebus.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Phaeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Exeter and Westmoreland related to King Henry?

3. To what creature from classical mythology does Canterbury compare Prince Henry's willfulness?

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

5. In the Prologue, what term does the chorus use to describe King Henry?

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