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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) Bolingbroke
(c) Mowbray.
(d) Gaunt.

2. What is the final line of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) "For do we must what force will have us do."
(b) "Your own is yours and I am yours and all."
(c) "Yea, my good lord."
(d) "Then I must not say no."

3. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?
(a) As a pleasurable journey.
(b) As his civic duty.
(c) As a time to grow as a man.
(d) As a time to find a wife.

4. What is part of the significance of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The Queen is pregnant.
(b) Richard has returned from England.
(c) Bolingbroke has surrendered.
(d) Richard has become gravely ill.

5. How does Bolingbroke justify executing the prisoners?
(a) He says it is a favor to the Christian church.
(b) He says God tells him to do it.
(c) He says it is a favor to the king.
(d) He knows they were both about to murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?

2. Which of the following is not a suggestion of one of the Queen's ladies for an activity to comfort the Queen?

3. Who stops the duel as it begins?

4. Who is inside the castle in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3?

5. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?

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