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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is fleeing straight to Richard after learning of Bolingbroke's arrival?
(a) Bushy.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Bagot.
(d) Green.

2. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Seeing his cousin banished from England.
(c) Knowing his cousin's father would soon die.
(d) The wind.

3. Whom does Scroop insist sides with Bolingbroke?
(a) Boys and old men.
(b) Rejected army soldiers.
(c) None of these is correct.
(d) "Unstable buffoons."

4. Who speaks first in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Bushy.

5. Who said, "Let's fight with gentle words"?
(a) Richard.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Aumerle.
(d) Bolingbroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

2. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?

3. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?

5. How many lines are in Act 2, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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