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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. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) London.
(b) Ravenspurgh.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Gloucestershire.

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

3. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army.
(b) That he is secretly planning to assassinate Richard.
(c) That he is going to join Richard in his invasion of Ireland.
(d) That he killed Gaunt.

4. How long has the Welsh army been waiting for Richard?
(a) Two days.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten days.
(d) A month.

5. Who is prisoner in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Ross.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Willoughby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?

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

4. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Which of the following is a quote by Richard in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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