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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Erpingham say sleeping on the ground is better for him than having a soft pillow for his head?
(a) Because he can say he is sleeping like a king.
(b) Sleeping on the hard ground is good for his back.
(c) Pillows make him sneeze.
(d) Only Frenchmen use pillows.

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

3. What topic are the Dauphin, the constable, and Orleans discussing when an argument breaks out?
(a) King Henry.
(b) Women.
(c) Horses.
(d) Their prowess as warriors.

4. What does Queen Isabel say she hopes will happen as a result of the meeting between the French royal court and King Henry?
(a) That Henry will admit the war was a mistake.
(b) That they will take Henry captive and hold him for ransom.
(c) That Katherine will accept Henry's marriage proposal.
(d) That all griefs and quarrels will be changed to love.

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

6. What is the "capital demand" in the articles of peace that Henry mentions to Queen Isabel?
(a) A formal apology from the Dauphin.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Two-thirds of all France's tax revenues.
(d) The French king's crown and all his powers.

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

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

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

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

11. Complete the statement the boy makes after Pistol leaves with the French soldier, "The empty vessel . . ."
(a) Is never filled.
(b) Makes the greatest sound.
(c) Appears the same as a full one.
(d) Is easily broken.

12. What do Henry and Williams exchange as proof of their quarrel with each other?
(a) Gloves.
(b) Locks of their own hair.
(c) Swords.
(d) Rings.

13. Henry states that a man who sheds his blood with him in battle will be . . .
(a) Tended to by England's best surgeons.
(b) As dead as he will be.
(c) His brother.
(d) Forgotten eventually.

14. What does Henry say he and his army will do after they bury their dead and perform some post-battle religious rituals?
(a) Go to Paris to discuss the terms of the peace treaty.
(b) Prepare for the next battle.
(c) Go to Calais, then return to England.
(d) Celebrate their victory and recover from battle in the French countryside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus ask the audience to imagine is happening on the English beach?

2. What does Pistol mistakenly think is the name of a French soldier?

3. What is the amount that the French soldier offers Pistol to spare his life?

4. What does Orleans say has been lost?

5. The constable says the English "have said their prayers, and they stay for __________."

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