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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large was the Welsh army?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 5,000.

2. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.
(b) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.
(c) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.
(d) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.

3. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Richard.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) York.

4. What is Aumerle holding when he enters Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) A letter to Richard.
(b) A document with a plan to assassinate Richard.
(c) A document with a plan to assassinate Bolingbroke.
(d) A Bible.

5. What is Gaunt's final line?
(a) "Convey me to my bed, then to my grave."
(b) "Words, life and all old Lancaster hath spent."
(c) "Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee."
(d) "Love they to live that love and honour have."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who is the last character to speak in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Which nation does York refer to as he discusses vanity?

5. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?

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