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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Six years.

2. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(b) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.
(c) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.
(d) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.

3. What does Richard warn the third speaker of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) God will punish him for participating in Richard's downfall.
(b) Richard will rise from his imprisonment and rebel.
(c) Bolingbroke will lead England to collapse.
(d) Bolingbroke will betray him too.

4. Who kills Richard?
(a) Groom.
(b) Percy.
(c) Keeper.
(d) Exton.

5. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Duke of Aumerle.
(d) Gaunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?

4. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?

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