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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which port city does the chorus say King Henry will sail to France?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Dover.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Southampton.

2. Which gruesome metaphor does Exeter use to describe the death of one of the English nobility who died at Agincourt?
(a) Something is rotten in the state of France.
(b) Food for worms.
(c) Larding the plain.
(d) Fertilizing a future vineyard.

3. To what end does Henry claim that Cambridge, Grey, and Scroop must be put to death?
(a) Justice.
(b) The saving of their own souls.
(c) Revenge.
(d) The kingdom's safety.

4. What does Henry hope that his and Katherine's potential future son will do?
(a) Have a peaceful reign free of wars.
(b) Go to Constantinople to fight the Turks.
(c) Marry a French woman as beautiful as his mother.
(d) Add Scotland and Ireland to the English empire.

5. What does Fluellen force Pistol to do or he will continue to beat him?
(a) Admit that he abandoned his post during the battle.
(b) Give him money.
(c) Eat a leek.
(d) Say he is sorry for insulting his Welsh heritage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fluellen say regarding the killing of the boys who had been guarding the luggage?

2. Which character from classical mythology does the chorus say fans the streamers of the brave fleet?

3. For what does the boy say he would give all his fame?

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

5. When they finished mourning Falstaff, Pistol urges his comrades to begin their journey to France and be like __________.

(see the answer key)

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