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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. How did Hostess Quickly determine that Falstaff was near death?
(a) He was unresponsive.
(b) His body felt cold.
(c) His breathing stopped.
(d) He turned blue.

2. What does the chorus say must "deck our kings"?
(a) Royal servants.
(b) Queens.
(c) The audience's thoughts.
(d) Stage hands.

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) Execute him.
(c) Put him in the stocks in the town square.
(d) Offer him a position at court.

4. What drastic action does the Dauphin propose rather than face the shame of losing the battle?
(a) Hang themselves.
(b) Disguise themselves as commoners.
(c) Stab themselves.
(d) Run away to a heathen land that knows not France.

5. Which character suggests that if they do not follow him back into battle to die with honor, they may as well allow a slave to have access to their daughters?
(a) The Constable.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) The Dauphin.
(d) Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character calls Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol "dogs" and tells them to go up to the breach.

3. Who does Exeter say he had witnessed the Duke of York comforting on the battlefield as both men lay dying?

4. What military operation does Fluellen think is being done incorrectly?

5. To what end does Henry claim that Cambridge, Grey, and Scroop must be put to death?

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