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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. "Though banish'd, yet a true born Englishman." Who says this quote?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Lord Marshal.

2. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Richard, the Queen.
(b) Gaunt, the Duchess of Gloucester.
(c) Gaunt, Bolingbroke.
(d) Lord Marshall, the Duke Aumerle.

3. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) York.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Richard.

4. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He is heartbroken and acting insane.
(b) He is very sick.
(c) He is leaving the country too.
(d) He is threatening to commit suicide.

5. Who stops the duel as it begins?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Richard.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) The Duchess of Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?

2. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

3. What does Bushy do for the Queen in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

5. What does Bolingbroke claim to be his intentions for invading England?

(see the answer key)

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