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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. Who announces Gaunt's death?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) York.
(d) Richard.

2. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Green.
(c) Bushy.
(d) The Queen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Woodstock?

2. Why is Richard confused about Gaunt's reaction towards Bolingbroke's sentence?

3. Which of the following is a quote by Richard in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?

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

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