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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stops the duel as it begins?
(a) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Richard.

2. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?
(a) Richard.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) The Duke of Aumerle.

3. Which character officially swears in Mowbray and Bolingbroke at the duel?
(a) Richard.
(b) Duke Aumerle.
(c) Lord Marshal.
(d) Gaunt.

4. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Richard.
(d) Gaunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?

2. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?

3. : For what day is the duel set?

4. What do Bolingbroke and Mowbray accuse one another of?

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

(see the answer key)

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