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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gower say motivates men like Pistol to go to war?
(a) A chance to travel and see the world.
(b) Combat pay and spoils of war.
(c) So they can brag to others about their brave exploits once they return home.
(d) Duty to king and country.

2. What does Pistol say has happened to Doll (Nell) that suggests she may have been unfaithful to him?
(a) She died of a sexually-transmitted disease.
(b) She has mysteriously obtained a lot of expensive clothes and jewelry.
(c) She gave birth to a baby ten months after he left.
(d) She has filed for divorce and another man is living in her house.

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

4. In what country, other than France, does the chorus mention that trouble is brewing for England after Henry returns from the war?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Denmark.

5. What strategic structure does Fluellen say is being protected by the Duke of Exeter and Pistol?
(a) A city wall.
(b) A fort.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A pier.

6. What puts an end to Williams' and Fluellen's argument over money?
(a) Exeter tells them to go settle the matter with swords.
(b) Henry demands that they be quiet.
(c) A herald arrives with the battle's death count.
(d) Williams says he will accept Fluellen's money if that will make him happy.

7. What do the constable and Orleans begin to do after commenting on the Dauphin's valor (or lack thereof)?
(a) Call the Dauphin vulgar names.
(b) Begin to talk about other members of the French court who have exhibited the characteristic of valor.
(c) Exchange well-known proverbs.
(d) Notice an approaching messenger and begin to speculate on what he will say.

8. What does Pistol plan to do for a living now that he no longer has Nell to support him?
(a) Return to the army and help defend the border with Scotland.
(b) Go work on a farm.
(c) Find another woman to support him.
(d) Become a thief.

9. 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) The return of French prisoners not knowing they are already dead.
(d) That they may collect their dead, sort them by class, and bury them.

10. The chorus asks the audience to imagine passing through the "foul womb of __________."
(a) Night.
(b) Woman.
(c) Earth.
(d) The River.

11. Why is the constable confident that they will be able to defeat the English?
(a) He believes God is on their side.
(b) They outnumber the English.
(c) The English have been weakened by an outbreak of pox.
(d) The English will be too hungry to fight.

12. Who does Williams strike when he sees him wearing his glove in his cap?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Henry.
(c) Gower.
(d) Fluellen.

13. To whom or what does Henry credit with winning the battle while losing relatively few men?
(a) Superior strategy.
(b) French arrogance.
(c) The loyalty of his men.
(d) God.

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

15. What is Queen Isabel's response when Henry asks if she will accompany the French king and the English representatives to the negotiations?
(a) Women have no place in affairs of state.
(b) She would rather stay and make sure Henry is not left alone with Katherine.
(c) A woman's voice may do some good.
(d) She will go, but knows that no one will bother to listen to her opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the chorus say it is based upon the sounds coming from the crowing country cocks and the clocks?

2. What is Fluellen's complaint against Gower in the hours before the battle begins?

3. Fluellen tells Pistol that if he owes him anything, he will pay him in __________.

4. After witnessing a poignant scene involving the deaths of two soldiers, what is Exeter's emotional response?

5. Finish Orleans' line, "Is this the king we sent . . . "

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