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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. Which of the following is not one of the prophecies alarming the characters of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The moon looks bloody.
(b) Endless rain.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Ruffians dancing.

2. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) Lord Marshal.
(b) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) The Queen.

3. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Bolingbroke is confronting very harsh conditions in his exile.
(b) That Mowbray is going to try to kill him.
(c) That Richard will ignore him.
(d) That his wife is going to leave him.

4. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Uncle and nephew.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Brothers.

5. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Green.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Aumerle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Bushy inform Richard that Gaunt is in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

4. Who does the Servant announce has died in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

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