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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 all griefs and quarrels will be changed to love.
(b) That they will take Henry captive and hold him for ransom.
(c) That Henry will admit the war was a mistake.
(d) That Katherine will accept Henry's marriage proposal.

2. What amusing mispronunciation of a famous historical figure does Fluellen make when he is speaking with Gower?
(a) Julius Cheeser.
(b) Attila the Nun.
(c) The Queen of Sheepah.
(d) Alexander the Pig.

3. What is Williams' response to Henry (who is in disguise) when Henry says that the king would not be ransomed?
(a) The English would never be willing to pay a ransom, even for Henry.
(b) He agrees that Henry would not permit such a thing to happen.
(c) Only because it is not the way of the French to hold men for ransom.
(d) That he may indeed be ransomed but they would not know the difference once their throats had been cut.

4. What does the Dauphin suggest they do before the battle to make the fight fairer?
(a) Strike their swords on rocks to dull them.
(b) Send the English food and fresh suits of armor.
(c) Leave the horses and face the English on foot.
(d) Send only sick and injured soldiers to fight.

5. What absurd suggestion does the Dauphin make regarding the horses?
(a) Use horse manure in place of cannon balls.
(b) Cut the horses' flesh and squirt the blood in the eyes of the English.
(c) The horses are so well trained, that they can fight the battle without their riders.
(d) Slaughter one of the horses and eat its flesh in order to gain its strength and courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what ancient city does the chorus compare London as they welcome the return of their king?

2. What does Williams do when he discovers it is Henry who he had made quarrel with the night before the battle?

3. What is a term that Henry does NOT use when addressing the soldiers in the camp?

4. What had Gower observed Pistol doing that he finally chastises him for after Fluellen beats him up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry's response when Katherine asks how she could possibly love the enemy of France?

2. Describe the death toll of the battle of Agincourt. For example, were the losses lopsided or did both sides suffer fairly equally? How are the dead accounted for in terms of class and social status?

3. Describe England's celebratory mood as Henry and his army return home from France.

4. What is Grandpre's attitude toward the English camp?

5. What are some of the negative consequences Burgundy says that France has suffered due to lack of peace?

6. What does Exeter say was his response to witnessing the scene between York and Suffolk and what is Henry's response to this revelation?

7. Describe the poignant scene that Exeter witnessed on the battlefield.

8. What are some of the conjectures that the constable, Orleans, and Rambures make about Henry and the English?

9. What is the significance of Saint Crispin's day?

10. What is the basis of the quarrel between Henry, who is in disguise, and Williams?

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