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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. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?
(a) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) Woodstock.
(c) Richard.
(d) Gaunt.

3. Who is Bolingbroke's father?
(a) Sir Henry Green.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Lord Ross.
(d) Earl of Northumberland.

4. : For what day is the duel set?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) The Summer Solstice.
(c) Guy Fawkes Day.
(d) Saint Lambert's Day.

5. "What my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove." Who says this?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Richard.
(d) Gaunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Woodstock?

2. Who is the last character to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 4?

4. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?

5. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?

(see the answer key)

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