View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After witnessing a poignant scene involving the deaths of two soldiers, what is Exeter's emotional response?
(a) He began laughing hysterically even though he knew it was inappropriate.
(b) He was moved to tears.
(c) He swallowed hard, but refused to cry.
(d) He screamed in anger.

2. What does Henry tell Exeter to do with Williams' glove?
(a) Send it to Williams' widow.
(b) Fill it with coins and give it back to Williams.
(c) Make sure Williams is buried with it.
(d) Give it to a glove maker so a mate can be made for it.

3. What does Montjoy request of Henry on behalf of France after the battle of Agincourt?
(a) A break in the battle.
(b) Renegotiation of Henry's surrender and ransom.
(c) That they may collect their dead, sort them by class, and bury them.
(d) The return of French prisoners not knowing they are already dead.

4. Henry had seen this duke fall in battle several times and covered in blood so he asks Exeter whether he might still be alive:
(a) Westmoreland.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Bedford.
(d) York.

5. Who does Exeter say he had witnessed the Duke of York comforting on the battlefield as both men lay dying?
(a) A French soldier.
(b) Westmoreland.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Suffolk.

6. What does Henry do after Erpingham says the nobles are looking for him throughout the camp, but before he leaves with Gloucester?
(a) Sends a servant to find Williams and return his glove.
(b) Writes a letter of instructions in case he is captured or killed.
(c) Prays that his soldiers will be brave.
(d) Sends a messenger to the French camp stating that this is their last chance to surrender.

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

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

9. What does Williams do when he discovers it is Henry who he had made quarrel with the night before the battle?
(a) Insists that Henry has the wrong man.
(b) States that he thought Henry was a commoner and begs for forgiveness.
(c) Tries to run away.
(d) Says that it makes no difference.

10. What are the characters in the French camp looking forward to in the pre-dawn hours before the battle of Agincourt?
(a) A hot meal.
(b) The break of day so the battle can begin.
(c) The end of the war.
(d) Returning to their mistresses.

11. Who does Bourbon say will "take order now"?
(a) God.
(b) The French army.
(c) The devil.
(d) No one.

12. On whose behalf does Pistol ask Fluellen to plead for mercy after this individual had been sentenced to death for robbing a church?
(a) Gower.
(b) Nym.
(c) Bardolph.
(d) The boy.

13. Why does Katherine think Henry will mock her?
(a) As payback for the way her brother treated him.
(b) She cannot speak English.
(c) She is young and naive.
(d) She is not very attractive.

14. Where does the messenger say the English are when he reports to the constable?
(a) Half way to Rouen.
(b) Still in Calais.
(c) Within fifteen hundred paces of the constable's tent.
(d) A day's march away.

15. What is Henry's response when Gloucester says he hopes the French will not attack now?
(a) That they are in God's hands, not the hands of the French.
(b) He agrees that an attack now would certainly be a problem.
(c) That the French are bluffing and will definitely not attack now.
(d) Not to worry because they will easily be able to take the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country, other than France, does the chorus mention that trouble is brewing for England after Henry returns from the war?

2. What is the "capital demand" in the articles of peace that Henry mentions to Queen Isabel?

3. Which gruesome metaphor does Exeter use to describe the death of one of the English nobility who died at Agincourt?

4. Who sends Montjoy to the English camp to request that Henry surrender and give himself over for ransom?

5. What absurd suggestion does the Dauphin make regarding the horses?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 791 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample