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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) Life.
(c) England.
(d) Family.

2. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) To ride his horse.
(b) To prepare his army's generals.
(c) To see Gaunt.
(d) To eat dinner with the Queen.

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

4. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

5. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Who is at Bristow Castle in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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