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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 is Woodstock?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) The Duke of Gloucester.
(d) Richard

2. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) London.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Cardiff.
(d) Coventry.

3. Why is Richard confused about Gaunt's reaction towards Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) Gaunt told Richard that Bolingbroke had threatened him, and he wanted him exiled.
(b) Gaunt usually does not react so emotionally.
(c) Gaunt took part in the verdict decision making.
(d) Richard thought Gaunt was dying, and everyone else was laughing.

4. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Lord Marshal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bolingbroke's father?

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

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

4. Where was the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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