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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Mowbray banished from England?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Life.

2. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Coventry.
(c) Cardiff.
(d) London.

3. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?
(a) Life.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Forty years.

4. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Mowbray.
(d) Richard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 2, Scene 4?

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

3. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?

4. Who announces Gaunt's death?

5. Who has the longest speech in Act 3, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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