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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?
(a) He believes God will properly judge who is guilty.
(b) He is in love with the Duchess.
(c) He has put the tragedy behind him, and is trying to move on with his life.
(d) He is the one who has killed the Duke.

2. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?
(a) Both love the same woman.
(b) Both claim the other is a traitor.
(c) Mowbray claims adultery while Bolingbroke claims theft.
(d) Both claim the other killed the Duke of Gloucester.

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

4. How long is Mowbray banished from England?
(a) Life.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?

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

4. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?

5. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

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