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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) Forty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Life.

2. What is the biggest concern in Act 2, Scene 2 regarding the war in Ireland?
(a) The weather is miserable and men are dying of illness.
(b) The fact that the war is on Irish soil, and not at home.
(c) Paying for it.
(d) Defeating the rebels.

3. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) To see Gaunt.
(b) To ride his horse.
(c) To prepare his army's generals.
(d) To eat dinner with the Queen.

4. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?
(a) Proud.
(b) Fierce.
(c) High.
(d) Mighty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bolingbroke's title now that Gaunt is dead?

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

3. What do Bolingbroke and Mowbray accuse one another of?

4. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Who announces Gaunt's death?

(see the answer key)

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