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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. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?
(a) Bolingbroke is always able to persuade people to take his side.
(b) He is gracious to and loved by the common people.
(c) Bolingbroke is much stronger than Richard.
(d) His intelligence often outsmarted Richard in their youth.

2. Who tells of Bolingbroke's arrival in England?
(a) Bushy.
(b) The Duke of York.
(c) Green.
(d) Bagot.

3. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?
(a) Knowing his cousin's father would soon die.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The wind.
(d) Seeing his cousin banished from England.

4. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?
(a) A crying baby; nurses working corruptly.
(b) Vials of blood; branches from one root.
(c) Doves flying; a harp playing angel.
(d) Rose petals; a dagger dripping blood.

5. What do Northumberland, Ross, and Willoughby discuss after Richard leaves Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke's loss of property.
(b) All three answers are correct.
(c) The war in Ireland.
(d) Their disgust of Richard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?

4. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

5. Who is upset over Richard's absence in Act 2, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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