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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chorus asks to be admitted to what?
(a) This history.
(b) Backstage.
(c) The presence of the king.
(d) The audience's good favor.

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

3. What does the king of France instruct the Dauphin to do?
(a) Practice his sword fighting.
(b) Try to flee the country before the English arrive.
(c) Continue in his daily affairs as usual.
(d) Send courageous men to certain towns to ready them for war.

4. Based on the chorus' description, which best describes Harfleur's location?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) On the coastline.
(c) On the border of France and the Netherlands.
(d) In the suburbs of Paris.

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

6. 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) The battle of Armageddon.
(c) Pharaoh's slaughter of Hebrew babies.
(d) Herod's slaughter of Jewish children.

7. Which character calls Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol "dogs" and tells them to go up to the breach.
(a) Henry.
(b) Boy.
(c) Fluellen.
(d) Exeter.

8. The chorus states, "Think, when we talk of _________, that you see them."
(a) Armies.
(b) Horses.
(c) Wenches.
(d) Ships.

9. How do the English respond to the French's offer of marriage of Katherine to Henry and Katherine's dowry?
(a) Henry says he will have to meet Katherine before making a decision.
(b) Henry says he can find a wife in England, but he will accept the dowry.
(c) The offer is accepted and Henry sends ambassadors to Paris to negotiate a treaty.
(d) The offer is rejected and cannons begin firing on the town.

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

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

12. Who is NOT one of the "three corrupted men" the chorus says has conspired with France?
(a) Henry Lord Scroop of Masham.
(b) Richard Earl of Cambridge.
(c) Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland.
(d) Sir Thomas Erpingham.

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

14. 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) Three/one third.
(c) Two/one half.
(d) Ten/three tenths.

15. Why does Katherine think Alice speaks English well?
(a) Alice had once been married to an English man.
(b) Alice's previous job had been working for an English family.
(c) Alice has been to England.
(d) Alice's mother is English.

Short Answer Questions

1. King Henry states that he will be "No king of England" if he is not also what else?

2. What are "lavoltas" and "corantos"?

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

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

5. Why does Ely think King Henry will prevent a certain bill from being passed that would take away half the church's land and money?

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