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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. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?
(a) As a time to find a wife.
(b) As a pleasurable journey.
(c) As his civic duty.
(d) As a time to grow as a man.

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

3. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?
(a) Rose petals; a dagger dripping blood.
(b) Doves flying; a harp playing angel.
(c) A crying baby; nurses working corruptly.
(d) Vials of blood; branches from one root.

4. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That his wife is going to leave him.
(b) That Bolingbroke is confronting very harsh conditions in his exile.
(c) That Mowbray is going to try to kill him.
(d) That Richard will ignore him.

5. What does Bushy do for the Queen in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) He tells stories of Richard's bravery.
(b) He tries to comfort her with his wit.
(c) He calls for his musicians to play for her.
(d) He offers to take her to the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?

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

3. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?

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

5. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?

(see the answer key)

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