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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 informally swears their allegiance to Bolingbroke in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Northumberland.
(b) Ross.
(c) Percy.
(d) York.

2. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?
(a) Both claim the other is a traitor.
(b) Mowbray claims adultery while Bolingbroke claims theft.
(c) Both love the same woman.
(d) Both claim the other killed the Duke of Gloucester.

3. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Life.
(b) England.
(c) Richard.
(d) Family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gardener plant for the Queen?

2. Who are the first characters to enter Act 1, Scene 3?

3. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?

5. Who says, "For on my heart they tread now whilst I live"?

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