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

2. What is Fluellen's complaint against Gower in the hours before the battle begins?
(a) He has not studied classical warfare.
(b) He spends too much time associating with common soldiers.
(c) He is getting drunk before the battle.
(d) He is speaking too loudly.

3. Grandpre says that this Roman god appears to be bankrupt because of the English soldiers' haggard appearance:
(a) Apollo.
(b) Ares.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

4. Fluellen states that the Duke of Exeter is as magnanimous as which famous ancient monarch?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Ozymandias.
(c) Nebuchadnezzar.
(d) Agamemnon.

5. According to the boy, who is left to guard the luggage after Pistol leaves?
(a) No one.
(b) Boys.
(c) A few sick and injured soldiers.
(d) Some hirelings from a nearby village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry hope that his and Katherine's potential future son will do?

2. What do the constable and Orleans begin to do after commenting on the Dauphin's valor (or lack thereof)?

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

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

5. Henry states that a man who sheds his blood with him in battle will be . . .

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the message from the French king that Montjoy gives to Henry.

2. Why do the French soldiers feel so ashamed during the battle?

3. Describe what Henry is doing in the English camp the night before the battle of Agincourt.

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

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

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

7. What does the constable mean when he tells the other soldiers, "straight to horse"?

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

9. What is Henry's reasoning for wanting to go forward with Bardolph's execution?

10. Explain why Henry's post-war stay in England is cut short.

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