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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the governor say was the Dauphin's response to his request for help in fighting the English?
(a) That Harfleur is not a strategic site and not worth defending.
(b) To hold fast because reinforcements are on their way.
(c) That the governor is lying because it would be impossible for the incompetent English to conquer a French town.
(d) That he is not yet ready to send adequate help.

2. On what does Hostess Quickly blame Sir John's illness?
(a) Too much drink.
(b) An infected wound.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Getting caught in a rainstorm.

3. Henry tells Cambridge, Grey, and Scroop that mercy has been suppressed and killed for them. What caused this to happen?
(a) An edict from the church.
(b) Their own counsel.
(c) A letter from the Dauphin stating that it took very little to bribe them.
(d) Exeter's testimony.

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

5. To what does Henry compare his men as they are eagerly awaiting battle?
(a) Greyhounds.
(b) Race horses.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Fighting dogs.

6. In the Prologue, the chorus refers to King Henry by what nickname?
(a) Hal.
(b) The Bonnie Prince.
(c) Hank.
(d) Harry.

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

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

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

10. Sir Thomas Grey tells King Henry that those who were his father's enemies now do what?
(a) Rot in the prison graveyard.
(b) Fear the king.
(c) Serve the king.
(d) Hate the king even more than they hated his father.

11. To what account from the Christian Bible does Henry allude to when he foretells the suffering the people of Harfleur will experience if they do not surrender?
(a) Joshua's attack on Jericho.
(b) Herod's slaughter of Jewish children.
(c) The battle of Armageddon.
(d) Pharaoh's slaughter of Hebrew babies.

12. What justification does Henry give for his soldiers to wreak havoc if Harfleur does not surrender?
(a) To prove to the Dauphin that war is his favorite sport, not tennis.
(b) This is what French soldiers would do if the situation were reversed.
(c) To make an example of them for other French cities.
(d) The soldiers will be so enraged that he will not be able to control them.

13. What military operation does Fluellen think is being done incorrectly?
(a) The set up of the cannons.
(b) Digging mines.
(c) Breaching the city's walls.
(d) Setting up a prisoner-of-war interment camp.

14. To what ethnic heritage does Britaine refer to when he suggests the English are of illegitimate birth?
(a) Celtic.
(b) Viking.
(c) Norman.
(d) Anglo-Saxon.

15. What does Nym suggest Pistol can do to restore their friendship?
(a) Kill one of Nym's enemies.
(b) Divorce Hostess Quickly so he can marry her as originally planned.
(c) Write a letter to the king extolling Nym's virtues.
(d) Pay him the money he owes him from betting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry tells his army that "when the blast of war blows in our ears," to imitate the action of which animal?

2. When referring to King Henry's confrontation with Scroop, Cambridge, and Grey, Bedford states, "his grace is __________ to trust these traitors."

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

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

5. What does King Henry tell Exeter to do with the drunken man who had railed against him the day before?

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