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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, what term does the chorus use to describe King Henry?
(a) Angry.
(b) Warlike.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Foolish.

2. According to the chorus, what is the French response to the impending war?
(a) They are confident that their diplomats will bring about a peaceful resolution.
(b) They are as eager to go to war as the English.
(c) They are not worried because they know the Spanish will come to their aid.
(d) They are shaking in their fear.

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

4. Dauphin tells the French king that they should show no more fear of England than if that country were busy with __________.
(a) Bear baiting.
(b) Attending a play.
(c) A Whitsun morris-dance.
(d) Women in a bawdy house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of muse does the chorus invoke?

2. What justification does Henry give for his soldiers to wreak havoc if Harfleur does not surrender?

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

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

5. What does Katherine think after she has learned two words in English?

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