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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. "My comfort is that heaven will take our souls and plague injustice with the pains of hell." Who says this?
(a) Bagot.
(b) Green.
(c) Bushy.
(d) York.

2. Other than Richard and the Queen, who else speaks in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Northumberland.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) York.
(d) Aumerle.

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

4. Where is Exton going to go after leaving Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) London.
(b) France.
(c) Pomfret.
(d) The king's chamber's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard hear that interrupts his speech in Act 5, Scene 5?

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

3. How many gold coins does Bolingbroke accuse Mowbray of withholding from the army?

4. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What does Richard give Bolingbroke during the first meeting since the beginning of the play?

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