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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hostess Quickly offers to bring her husband to what location?
(a) London.
(b) Staines.
(c) Southampton.
(d) France.

2. What does Bardolph say he will do to help Nym and Pistol become friends?
(a) Bestow them a breakfast.
(b) Throw a dinner party.
(c) Take them out drinking.
(d) Give his own money to settle a gambling debt.

3. What is the battle cry Henry gives his men?
(a) Huzzah!
(b) God for Harry, England, and Saint George!
(c) God have mercy because we will not!
(d) Pour le Roi et pour la France!

4. Why does Henry say the soldiers will go to Calais?
(a) To meet up with rebel French troops who support the English.
(b) To spend the winter.
(c) To obtain provisions and material.
(d) To attack it.

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

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

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

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

9. What words from Alice's lesson does Katherine consider too vulgar to speak before the gentlemen of France?
(a) Fingre and nails.
(b) Nick and sin.
(c) Foot and count.
(d) Arm and elbow.

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

11. Hostess Quickly states that she "cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen" without it being thought she is running ___________.
(a) A bawdy house.
(b) A convent.
(c) A sweatshop.
(d) A home for unwed mothers.

12. To which ancient notable military leader does Henry compare the fathers of his men?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Attila the Hun.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dauphin tells the French king that they should show no more fear of England than if that country were busy with __________.

2. What is Fluellen's opinion of Captain Macmorris and Captain Jamy concerning military matters?

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

4. In addition to not wanting to die, why does Nym not want to go up to the breach?

5. What does Canterbury say Henry had once been addicted to?

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