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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 says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) Green.
(c) Bagot.
(d) The Queen.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is upset over Richard's absence in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

5. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?

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