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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Bolingbroke
(d) Gaunt.

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

3. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "As much good stay with thee as go with me."
(b) "The last leave of thee takes my weeping eye."
(c) "To God, the widow's champion and defence."
(d) "Desolate, desolate will I hence and die."

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

5. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?
(a) "Your news feels of demons ripping my inside."
(b) "Thou art the midwife to my woe."
(c) "What right have you to deliver such agony to the Queen?"
(d) "There is no higher evil than Bolingbroke."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gold coins does Bolingbroke accuse Mowbray of withholding from the army?

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

3. "What my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove." Who says this?

4. Who is Northumberland's son?

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

(see the answer key)

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